The Cock Pit, c1840, (1917). Artist: George Presbury
The Cock Pit, c1840. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (centre) is being robbed by a figure taking a note out of his upturned hat. Engraving after William Hogarth (1697-1764) From The Connoisseur Vol XLVIII [Otto Limited, London, 1917.]
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