An audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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Detail from a cockfight in the Royal Cockpit, see also Wellcome Library catalogue no. 39215i

A Frenchman is spilling his snuff while the other men are engrossed in the fight

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Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 8.9 x 5.1 cm

Lettering

Bears letter top middle : "D" and the figures are numbered 1-5

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, p.172 [206]

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39217i

Reproduction note

From an engraving "The cockpit" by W. Hogarth, for details on Riepenhausen's copies, see Wellcome Library catalogue no. 39215i

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