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- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.03.24.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A belligerent William Pitt and a dejected Charles Fox, each with a cock's body, stand in a cockpit surrounded by their supporters. In the foreground on the left, the King leans against the pit watching his favorite, Pitt. Next to him stands Wilkes, wi...
- Alternative Title:
- Cockpit royal
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 24 March 1784, & sold by F. Reilly, High Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Pitt, William, 1759-1806., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806., Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806., and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cockfighting, Devil, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cock pitt royal [graphic].
