Collection object
2005.0052
H. 27.3 W. 36.3
Print. Political cartoon; No. 469, An original sketch from which it is presumed Hogarth took his well known picture of The Cock Pit. HB, 1837. HB monogram at bottom left. A. Ducotes lithographer, 70 St. Martin's Lane, London, T. McLean publisher, 26 Haymarket below frame. Image shows a large bewigged gentleman seated at round table on which two cocks are fighting, taking wagers from many of those to either side who crowd in on him. Figures Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Wynford, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Wellington, Lord Eldon, Sir Henry Hardinge, The King, Lord Mulgrave and Mr O'Connell, John Bull, Lord Morpeth, Mr Shiel, Spring Rice, Lord Melbourne, Burdett, Lushington, Sir William Molesworth, George Byng. Mr Hume, Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham (for identifications see separate sheet in correspondence file).