Royal Cock Pit [graphic]

Description

Title: Royal Cock Pit [graphic]
Alternative Title: Royal Cockpit
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Bluck, John (Printmaker), printmaker.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1808]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 1 May 1808 at R. Ackermanns Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: "Interior of the cock pit off Whitehall, a fight in action; two cocks fighting in circular ring, their owners crouching behind them, men surrounding gesticulating wildly at fight."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 18.
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 123.
Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Provenance: Acquisitions information unknown.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23 x 28 cm, on sheet 27 x 34 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title: V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Collection Date: [London] : R. Ackermann's repository of arts, no. 101 Strand, [1808-10]

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
Aquatints England London 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1808
Material: aquatint and etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): London (England)
England
London.
Subject (Topic): Events
Interiors
Spectators
Cockfighting
Subjects: London (England) > Pictorial works
Events > England > London
Interiors > England > London
Spectators > England > London
Cockfighting
England > London > 1808
J. Whatman > 1808

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