SPORTSMANS-HALL

Date1788

Artist/Maker Patrick Purcell

Artist/Maker Robert Sayer (1725-1794)

Artist/Maker Junker

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint engraving with some line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 14 × 10in. (35.6 × 25.4cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1995-31

DescriptionLower margin: Junker Pinx.t/ Patrick Purcell Fecit/ SPORTSMANS-HALL./ Printed for Rob.t Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street."
Label TextInterior scene with three men, one sits on a ladderback chair, smoking a pipe with a mug in his right hand, another sits at the end of a tavern table smoking a pipe, a mug sits on the table in front of the man; the other man sits in a matching rush-or woven bottom ladderback chair at the other end of the table, holding a pipe in his left hand and raising a mug to his lips with the right hand. A spotted dog lies at his feet. A gun and lighted candle are on the table; an almanac and print of a woman are nailed to the wall. A framed painting of two horses and riders also hangs on the wall. The room also has a fireplace which appears not have a fire lighted in it.