Title

Men watching a cockfight, late 18th-early 19th century. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson

Caption

Men watching a cockfight, late 18th-early 19th century. A noisy mob is crowded round an arena watching two cockerels fighting, a popular entertainment at the time.
Museum of London

Date

1790

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A83_352

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,5Mb) / 16,1in x 12,1in / 4819 x 3622 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings people male interior indoors sport man men bird birds entertainment audience guy watching spectator color colour chicken fighting cockerel fight rooster cock arena cruelty blood sports century inside cockpit concept 19th century 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century Museum of London cockfighting engraving cock fighting Augustus Charles Pugin Thomas Rowlandson Rowlandson Thomas Pugin Augustus Charles engraving