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Maker(s):Hogarth, William
Culture:British (1697 - 1764)
Title:The Cockpit
Date Made:1759
Type:Print
Materials:etching and engraving on paper
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:sheet: 12 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.; 32.8613 x 39.37 cm; plate: 12 11/16 x 15 3/16 in.; 32.2263 x 38.5763 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscribed at lower left margin: Design'd and Engrav'd by Willm Hogarth, inscribed at left center margin: Royal Sport / Pit ticket, inscribed at lower right margin: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759
Accession Number:  SC 1987.11
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Theodore H. Booth (Alice Potter Himmelsbach, class of 1927)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
cock fighting ring surrounded by observers in colonial dress; sport; men

Label Text:
This is the only state.

Subjects:
Men; Animals; Crowds; Engraving; Etching

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