Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match.
At Lucknow in the Province of Oude in the Year 1786, at which were present several High and Distinguished Personages.
London, R. Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street, 1st May, 1792.
The court of Lucknow, renowned for many extravagances, was especially celebrated for the sports of hunting and cock-fighting, in which the Nawab delighted. Mordaunt was a keen cock-fighter and had brought out from England game-cocks which he was confidant would defeat the native-bred cocks (Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany 1733-1810, Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, 1976, cat. no.104).
Notable spectators include General Martin, Mr Wheeler, John Wombwell, Ozias Humphry, and Zoffany himself.
Mezzotint 547 x 704 mm., engraved by Richard Earlom, short tears expertly repaired.
Framed and glazed, overall size: 79 cm by 64 cm by 4.5 cm.
Snelgrove/ Mellon 4, p.212 (2), plate 108; Siltzer, p.357.
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