Detail of a scene at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
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Description

The print is a detail from W. Hogarth's "The cockpit" and represents a cockfight in the Royal Cockpit. The central figure is a peer, Lord Albemarle Bertie (who was blind)

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Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 8.8 x 5.2 cm

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Lettering

W. Hogarth inv. E Riepenhausen fec. The people in the print have numbers from 1-5 and the print bears a letter top middle : "A"

References note

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39215i

Reproduction note

Riepenhausen produced copies of Hogarth's engravings for G.C. Lichtenberg's "Ausführliche Erklärung der Hogarthischen Kupferstiche" (1794-1834)

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