Cockney Sportsmen Charging: Plate II, Noon (Primary Title)

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

ca. 1805
English
Prints
Works On Paper
Hand-colored etching on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 in. (24.92 × 35.24 cm)
Image: 8 1/2 × 12 3/8 in. (21.59 × 31.43 cm)
85.1281.2
Not on view
Printed in upper margin: COCKNEY-SPORTSMEN CHARGING. Pl II Noon. Printed beneath image, lower left: cursed hardwork this / killing Game.; in center: a Cock Pheasant by G__.; lower right: we have got on the right / Scent at last. Printed in lower margin in center: Pubd Decr. 8th 1800 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly, Folios of Caracatures [sic] lentout for the Evening. Inscribed in graphite lower left: 2. Inscribed in graphite on verso, upper left: Ansell; in center: "[Ansell]" and "HRH 15 / 30A / 2".
Paul Mellon Collection
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