'An original sketch from which it is presumed Hogarth took his...picture The Cock Pit', 1837. Creator: John Doyle. # 2751952

'An original sketch from which it is presumed Hogarth took his...picture The Cock Pit', 1837. Creator: John Doyle.

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'An original sketch from which it is presumed Hogarth took his well-known picture The Cock Pit', 1837. Politicians at a cock fight - the word 'Ireland' is written in the arena. Hogarth's engraving 'The Cockpit' was published c1759, clearly predating this pastiche version. Satirical cartoon on British and Irish politics by 'H.B.' (John Doyle). [Thomas McLean, London, 1837]

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People Information

Creator

John Doyle, attributed to: {British; Irish}: Artist, caricaturist, painter

After

William Hogarth: British, English: Artist, painter, printmaker, engraver

Subject

Henry Peter Brougham: British: Lord Chancellor, politician, social scientist, educationist
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: British: Prime Minister, politician
Duke of Wellington: British, Irish: General, commander of the British army, statesman, prime minister