Cockney-Sportsmen marking Game. Pl.1.
[After James Gillray.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 330mm (9 x 13''), on Whatman paper. Trimmed, some damage in top right corner.
A hunting scene showing two London 'cits' out shooting, the figure at the front holds his gun facing backwards and it has gone off causing his companion to fall backwards over a fence. The sign between them points toward Hornsey Wood and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the background. From a series of shooting scenes showing the cockney sportsmen.
BM Satire 9596.
[Ref: 50780] £260.00
[n.d., c.1800.]
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 225 x 330mm (9 x 13''), on Whatman paper. Trimmed, some damage in top right corner.
A hunting scene showing two London 'cits' out shooting, the figure at the front holds his gun facing backwards and it has gone off causing his companion to fall backwards over a fence. The sign between them points toward Hornsey Wood and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the background. From a series of shooting scenes showing the cockney sportsmen.
BM Satire 9596.
[Ref: 50780] £260.00