Cockney Sportsmen Finding, Plate 1, Morning (Primary Title)

Attributed to, Charles Ansell, English, active 1780–1800 (Artist)

ca. 1805
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper with a watermark
Sheet (Trimmed inside platemark): 9 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (24.45 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 8 7/16 × 12 3/8 in. (21.43 × 31.43 cm)
85.1281.1
Not on view
Printed in upper margin: COCKNEY SPORTSMEN FINDING, Pl I .Morning. Printed beneath image lower left: you may as well let me try.; in center: No No I'm sure I can knock him down with the butt end.; lower right: hey at him there. Printed in lower left corner: Pubd Decr, 8th 1800 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Printed in lower right corner: Folios of Caracatures [sic] lent out for the Evening. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: Ansell; upper right: W/M/1805; in center: "[Ansell]" and "HRH 15 / 30A / 1".
Paul Mellon Collection
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