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A country inn yard with passengers being crammed into a coach and electioneering and comic scenes going on in the background. Engraving by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

Detail of a scene at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

Detail of an audience at a cockfight with a man lighting his pipe. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

An audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

A detail of a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

Detail of an audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

A woman carrying a tray on her head, a man below blows a horn and another holds a thin book. Engraving attributed to E.L Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

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Detail of an audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

An audience at a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

A woman carrying a tray on her head, a man below blows a horn and another holds a thin book. Engraving attributed to E.L Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

Detail of an audience at a cockfight with a man lighting his pipe. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

A detail of a cockfight. Etching by E. Riepenhausen after W. Hogarth.

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