After William Hogarth (1697-1764)
The Cockpit published 5 Nov 1759
Etching and engraving | 31.4 x 38.0 cm (platemark) | RCIN 811986
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A print of a cockfight with, at the centre of the crowd, Lord Albemarle Bertie (d.1765). The scene takes place in the Royal Cockpit in Birdcage Walk, St James's Park, where Hogarth depicts a chaotic crowd gathered to watch a fight between two birds. The shadow of a debtor suspended in a basket above is cast across the pit. At bottom centre is a 'pit ticket' which would have granted admission to the fight. The print is lettered at bottom left: 'Design'd and Engrav'd by Willm Hogarth', and at bottom right 'Published according to Act of Parliament Nov 5th 1759'
Provenance
Purchased by Queen Victoria at the H.P. Standly sale (Christie's 14 April 1845, lot 919)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
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31.4 x 38.0 cm (platemark)
32.6 x 39.4 cm (sheet of paper)
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