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1. [Cockpit] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 75+ Box 200
- Collection Title:
- Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Alternative Title:
- Pit ticket
- Description:
- Title from Paulson. and 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.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Cockpit] [graphic]
