Men are gathered around in a circle watching two cocks fight one another. Wood engraving after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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34384i
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British Museum description: "interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park [in London] 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; below, a representation of a silver admission ticket [to a cockfight]"

Physical description

1 print : wood engraving ; image 13.8 x 17.5 cm

Creator/production credits

After an engraving by Hogarth published by him in 1759

Reference

Wellcome Collection 34384i

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