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Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the center); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap; below, a representation of a silver admission ticket. At the bottom with "Pit Ticket" and publication line, "Designed and Engraved by Willm. Hogarth/Published according to Act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759." Etching and engraving made by: William Hogarth in 1759