[Cockpit] [graphic]
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16194149
Description
- Title
- [Cockpit] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Pit ticket
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from Paulson.
Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket.
Ms. note: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 367.
On page 186 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 31.5 x 38.3 cm. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 31.8 x 39 cm, on sheet 34.7 x 42 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
- Collection Date
- [England], [1732-1764]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1759
Engravings England London 1759
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Great Britain.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
-
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765
Saint James's Palace (London, England) - Subject (Topic)
-
Cockfighting
Social life and customs
Blacks
Butchers
Chimney sweeps
Dogs
Gambling
Nobility
Sports spectators
Servants - Subjects
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Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 > Caricatures and cartoons
Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Cockfighting > Great Britain
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
Blacks
Butchers
Chimney sweeps
Cockfighting
Dogs
Gambling
Nobility
Sports spectators
Servants
England > 1759
England > London > 1759
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9868068
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194149
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