Joseph Gilliver

Date1834

Maker Percy Roberts

MediumStipple engraving with burin work

DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 × 5 5/16 in (21.27 × 13.49cm)

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.”
ProvenanceBefore 1989, John O. Sands (Williamsburg, VA); 1989-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).