Combe Gallery

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: bull-baiting by dogs

Colour plate The Grand Duke Nicholas witnessing a let-go match by the dogs for a silver collar by Oliver's Game Bull at Combe Warren'. Bull dogs attack and are tossed in the air by tethered bull from Pierce Egan's anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827. Egan was a popular journalist and sports writer. Date: 1827

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English gentleman arguing with his wife over money

English gentleman arguing with his wife over money in the dining room. She throws a cup of coffee at him and dashes a tray of crockery to the floor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The Dance of Life, Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1817

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Regency gentleman riding a horse down hill

Regency gentleman riding a horse down hill, while a couple fall off a horse in the background. How to Ride Genteel and Agreable Down Hill. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson after an illustration by Henry Bunbury from Geoffrey Gambado's An Academy for Grown Horsemen and Annals of Horsemanship, London, 1809

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