Colonel Mordaunt's cock match , early 19th century?
- Title(s):
- Colonel Mordaunt's cock match : and two other cockfighting scenes.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain : publisher not identified, early 19th century?
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : on cotton ; 52 x 55 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsTextiles 20bView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12838247
- Classification:
- Prints
- Notes:
- Three engraved scenes of cock fighting, printed in red ink on cotton. The print bears no text. The largest scene, filling the bottom two-thirds of the sheet, reproduces Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match, painted by Johann Zoffany ca. 1784-1786 (and now in the collections of Tate Britain). At top left and top right are two smaller scenes of cock-fights, from unidentified sources (neither reproduces Hogarth's notable The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket).
The Zoffany scene "depicts a cock match between Asaf-ud-daula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh (standing in the centre) and Colonel John Mordaunt (standing on the left in white), a keen cock-fighter who had brought out from England game-cocks which he was confident would defeat native-bred birds" (Tate Britain). - Subject Terms:
- Asafuddaula, Nawab Wazir of Oudh, 1748-1797.British -- India.Cockfighting -- Pictorial works.Mourdant, John, Colonel, 1749-
- Form/Genre:
- Cloth prints.
Printed textile materials.
Textiles.
Engravings -- 1800. - Export:
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