Joseph Gilliver

Date1834

Maker Percy Roberts

MediumStipple engraving with burin work

DimensionsOH: 8 3/8" OW: 5 5/16"

Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. John O. Sands (Geales)

Object number1989-397

DescriptionText on print reads: "W. Webb Pinx.t/ P. Roberts/ JOSEPH GILLIVER./ Published by M.A. Pittman, Warwick Square, London. Nov.r 1, 1834."
Label TextThis print of Joseph Gilliver, a famous cock-feeder, a role important in the prize bloodsport of cockfighting, was published in "The Sporting Magazine," published by M.A. Pittman, Vol. 10, Second Series, London, 1835.

From "The Sporting Magazine,": “JOSEPH GILLIVER, the subject of the Plate, was a native of the small town of Polesworth in Warwickshire, where he resided during the whole of his life. He was the most celebrated cock-feeder England ever produced, and was remarkable for his strict integrity and honesty, qualities most essential for one for his profession…He died in 1833, in his 74th.”