Stages of a Cock Fight Prints
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Scope and Contents
Complete set of six prints created by Newton Fielding illustrating different stages of a cock fighting match. The prints were published in 1853 by R. Ackermann for his Sporting Gallery located at 191 Regent Street in London. The engraved full-color aquatint plates measure 7 7/8" wide and 5 7/8" tall centered on the woven paper.
Dates
- Creation: 1853
Creator
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Biographical / Historical
Newton Fielding (1799-1856) was a painter, printmaker, engraver and drawing teacher. Fielding was from a family of artists, and he split his professional career between Paris and London. He was particularly known for his prints of birds and other animals.
Biographical / Historical
Cockfighting is a blood sport that pits specially bred and trained domesticated roosters in fights against each other. Cockfighting has ancient roots as a spectator sport in many parts of the world. Cockfighting and other blood sports were popular in the 1700s and 1800s in England and the United States. Concerns about animal cruelty led growing numbers of reformers to oppose the sport. England banned cockfighting in 1835, and many American states passed laws against cockfighting in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Despite such laws, underground cockfighting persisted in many areas.
Extent
.21875 Cubic Feet (1 half F1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Plates are arranged in numbered order.
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2025
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository