Cock distributing feathers in front of the print shop of Samuel W. Fores in London, The cock of the walk, distributing his favours (title on object), The Prince of Wales (later George IV of the United Kingdom) represented as a cock on a cushion with three feathers in its beak. On the left, a wheelbarrow of feathers pulled by Louis Weltje (the prince's cook) while the soldier George Hanger arranges the feathers. On the left a smiling woman with a basket under her arm. In the background, the window of print shop Samuel W. Fores, sandwiched between the stores of two 'court suppliers' of partridges and oxen. print maker: anonymous, publisher: Samuel W. Fores, (mentioned on object), London, 31-May-1786, paper, etching, height 290 mm x width 395 mm.