The Cockpit, William Hogarth, 1759

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. 1759 etching and engraving. Date: 1759. Dimensions: Height: 316 mm (plate mark); Height: 413 mm (sheet); Width: 383 mm (plate mark); Width: 533 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Lord Albemarle Bertie. Collection: British Museum. The Cockpit (BM 1868,0822.1618)