Copy of interior of the cockpit on the south side of st james's park 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; after hogarth; cut from an unidentified book. Wood-engraving. Date: between 1760 and 1860. Dimensions: Height: 129 mm (image); Width: 175 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Lord Albemarle Bertie. Collection: British Museum. The Cockpit (BM 1860,0714.892)
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