Richard berner says of this piece george the giraffe is a play on cartoonist james gillrays interpretation of the prince regent a voluptuary under the horrors of digestion the two images are very similar with the giraffes neck and torso on the body of the prince regent holding a small giraffe wrapped in a bright red ribbon with the head of the prince this is a wonderfully surreal and humorous print which was illustrated for the cover of the magazine viva brighton