Cock-Fighting
This image depicts a crowd of black and white spectators gambling around a cock-fighting ring in North Carolina. David Hunter Strother (1816–1888) was a successful magazine illustrator and writer, popularly known by his pseudonym, "Porte Crayon." He rose through the ranks of the union army to brevet brigadier general.
Image Title
Cock-Fighting
RegID
SI-OB-292
Date
1857
Title
Cock-Fighting
Source
Porte Crayon, "North Carolina Illustrated," Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1857), vol. 14, p. 753. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.
Language
English
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
North America--North Carolina
Reproduced In
Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1857), vol. 14, p. 753.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
HARP05