Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century

after William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:
Image: 5 1/8 x 6 11/16 inches (13 x 17 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1988.29.19
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
smoking (activity) | pointing | drunk | crowd | gallows | roosters | animals | dog (animal) | carpenter | cock-fight | gentlemen | laughing | snuff | hangman | sporting art | coins | tickets | money | genre subject | snuffboxes | rule (measuring device) | pipe (smoking equipment) | tricornes | helmet | coats | arena | cockpit (recreation space) | betting | gambling | messenger | servant | chaos | theft | stealing | anxiety | gesture | leisure | nobility | men | deaf | thief | criminal | death
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Penelope McElwee, The non-representation of the agricultural labourers in 18th and 19th century English paintings : an exploration into the artistic conventions followed by the aristocracy and landowning classes in representations of the agricultural labourers ..., Newcastle upon Tyne, 2016, p. 81, fig. 6-3, NX650.L32 M34 2016 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11227