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animal-baiting

Also known as: animal-baiting; bear-baiting; bull-baiting; cock-fighting; dog-fighting
Related terms: animal
Scope note: Use for bear-baiting, bull-baiting, cock-fighting, dog-fighting and other sorts of animal fighting arranged for human entertainment.
Broader terms: sport/pastime; animal cruelty
Narrower terms: bullfight

148 related objects

contorniate

Museum number: 1988,0710.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC(late)-5thC |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

contorniate

Museum number: 1855,0512.54 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC(late)-5thC |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

contorniate

Museum number: R.4858 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 4thC(late)-5thC |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0802.4 |
Producer name: BIOG43642 After:Johann Jakob Ridinger |
Production date: 1740-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0802.3 |
Producer name: BIOG43642 After:Johann Jakob Ridinger |
Production date: 1740-1795

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1886,1012.596.73 |
Producer name: BIOG21978 Drawn by:Luca Carlevaris |
Production date: 1680-1731

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0726.17 |
Producer name: BIOG39920 Drawn by:John Claude Nattes |
Production date: 1811

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,1209.578 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John Doyle (HB)After:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1844

drawing; print study

Museum number: Nn,7.39.24 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Capt Thomas WilliamsonFormerly attributed to:Samuel Howitt |
Production date: 1806-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1868,1212.104 |
Producer name: BIOG34724 Drawn by:Theodore Lane |
Production date: 1800-1828

drawing

Museum number: 1884,1108.9 |
Producer name: BIOG50337 Drawn by:James Ward |
Production date: 1769-1859

drawing

Museum number: 1990,0623.26 |
Producer name: BIOG30439 Drawn by:Maggi Hambling |
Production date: 1982

drawing

Museum number: 1990,0623.25 |
Producer name: BIOG30439 Drawn by:Maggi Hambling |
Production date: 1985

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0802.2 |
Producer name: BIOG43642 After:Johann Jakob Ridinger |
Production date: 1740-1795

drawing

Museum number: 1939,0726.16 |
Producer name: BIOG39920 Drawn by:John Claude Nattes |
Production date: 1811

drawing

Museum number: 2010,5006.994 |
Production date: 1768 - 1805

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5219.110 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1480-1490

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.40 |
Producer name: BIOG46686 Drawn by:Frans Snyders |
Production date: 1625

drawing; album

Museum number: SL,5261.35 |
Producer name: BIOG26192 Drawn by:George Edwards |
Production date: 1735

gem

Museum number: 1890,0601.54 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

gem

Museum number: 1852,1126.17 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

handle

Museum number: 1904,0204.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Reims

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.252 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.532 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

intaglio

Museum number: 1923,0401.531 |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 1stC-3rdC

lamp

Museum number: 1978,0301.1 |
Producer name: BIOG58223 Made by:Eutyches |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 4thC-5thC |
Production place: Made in:Cyprus

lamp

Museum number: 1861,1127.5 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 4thC |
Production place: Made in:Cyrenaica (archaic) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Temple of Apollo (Cyrene)

lamp

Museum number: 1814,0704.151 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 175-225 |
Production place: Made in:Italy |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Italy

lamp

Museum number: 1867,1122.221 |
Producer name: BIOG59483 Made by:Minikios |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 151-250 |
Production place: Made in:Corinth |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Ephesus

lekythos

Museum number: 1824,0501.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13613 Archaic Greek |
Production date: 540BC-520BC

medal

Museum number: G3,IP.153 |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: MG.1162

medallion

Museum number: R.5048 |
Authority: BIOG91489 Ruler:Gordian III |
Cultures/periods: x14451 Roman Imperial |
Production date: 238-244 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1881,1210,0.1403 |
Producer name: BIOG811 Painted by:Chobunsai Eishi (鳥文斎栄之) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1795-1830 |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

painting; hanging scroll

Museum number: 1913,0501,0.44 |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.4426 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1786-1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.2608 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1773-1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0811.156 |
Producer name: BIOG31823 Print made by:Henry Hole |
Production date: 1796-1805

print

Title: Streaky Breasted Red Dunn |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5040 |
Producer name: BIOG48994 Print made by:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1810

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5913 |
Producer name: BIOG51109 Published by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; medley; broadside

Title: The Stage Medley representing the polite tast of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet Gay Polly P |
Museum number: 1882,0812.5 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5323 |
Producer name: BIOG51109 Published by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hahnenkampf |
Museum number: 1920,0712.83 |
Producer name: BIOG33360 Print made by:Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel |
Production date: 1916

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The Cockpit |
Museum number: 1860,0714.892 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1760-1860

print

Title: The Royal Cockpit in the Reign of Charles the First |
Museum number: 1873,0809.8 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 After:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1625-1675

print

Title: Festa di tori nell'anfiteatro di Verona |
Museum number: 1871,1209.1441 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1769

print

Title: The cock fight, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1943,1211.268 |
Producer name: BIOG20732 Print made by:Sir Frank Brangwyn |
Production date: 1924

print

Title: The cock fight, No. 3 |
Museum number: 1943,1211.269 |
Producer name: BIOG20732 Print made by:Sir Frank Brangwyn |
Production date: 1924

print; book-illustration

Title: John Green |
Museum number: 1872,1012.3713 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Johnstone WhitePublished by:William Johnstone White |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Title: John Green |
Museum number: 1851,0308.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Johnstone WhitePublished by:William Johnstone White |
Production date: 1818

print; satirical print; newspaper/periodical

Title: State of the weather. Fac simile |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12274 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HeathPublished by:John Watson |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; drawing book

Title: Sporting Sketches |
Museum number: 1893,0612.16.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas AlkenPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Colonel Mordaunt's cock match |
Museum number: 1928,0417.35 |
Producer name: After:Johan Joseph ZoffanyPublished by:Laurie & Whittle |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Erra Paters Prophesy or Frost Faire 1684/3 |
Museum number: 1880,1113.1776 |
Producer name: BIOG188212 Published by:James Norris |
Production date: 1684 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The cock pit. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1856,0510.603 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Printed by:A Ducôte |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; popular print

Title: The Humours of a Country Wake |
Museum number: 1992,0620.3.4 |
Producer name: Published by:John EvansPublished by:George Thompson |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The cock pit. Political Sketches |
Museum number: 1868,0808.11786 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Doyle (HB)Printed by:A Ducôte |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6590 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Johan Joseph Zoffany |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5322 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Exact and Lively View or Representation of Booths and all the varieties of showes and humours up |
Museum number: 1863,0214.1738 |
Producer name: BIOG182124 Published by:John Lenthall |
Production date: 1716 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Second Stage of Cruelty The Four Stages of Cruelty |
Museum number: S,2.124 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Second Stage of Cruelty The Four Stages of Cruelty |
Museum number: Cc,2.167 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; medley; broadside

Title: The Stage Medley representing the polite tast of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet Gay Polly P |
Museum number: K,60.42 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: Frost Fayre |
Museum number: 1880,1113.1780 |
Producer name: BIOG20573 Published by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1716 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Going to a fight |
Museum number: 1957,0527.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:Sherwood & Co |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: First Stage of Cruelty The Four Stages of Cruelty |
Museum number: Cc,2.166 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1948,0315.2.20 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bear Baiting |
Museum number: 1948,0315.2.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Heaviside ClarkAfter:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Frost Fayre |
Museum number: G,8.232 |
Producer name: BIOG20573 Published by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1740 1716 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1948,0315.2.19 |
Producer name: BIOG51109 Published by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; popular print

Title: The Bull Bait |
Museum number: 1875,0814.2464 |
Producer name: BIOG61393 Published by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1793-1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Going to a fight |
Museum number: 1957,0527.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPublished by:Sherwood & Co |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; tail-piece

Museum number: 1872,1012.3706 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Johnstone WhitePublished by:William Johnstone White |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; popular print

Title: The Bull Bait |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1332 |
Producer name: BIOG61393 Published by:Bowles & Carver |
Production date: 1793-1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Colonel Mordaunt's cock match |
Museum number: 1893,0612.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Johan Joseph Zoffany |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Cockpit |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1618 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1759 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cockfight |
Museum number: 1978,0121.134 |
Producer name: BIOG21265 Print made by:John Buckland Wright |
Production date: 1939

print; satirical print

Title: The Cockpit |
Museum number: S,2.140 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1759 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Bull and Bear-Baiting, / Theatres |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1894 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1859

print

Title: The Pinch of Snuff |
Museum number: 1877,1208.347 |
Producer name: BIOG199256 Print made by:James Brown |
Production date: 1800-1877

print

Title: Habiti d'uomini e donne Venetiane con la processione ... |
Museum number: 1868,0822.8567 |
Producer name: BIOG27795 Published by:Giacomo Franco |
Production date: 1610 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: The country squire taking a peep at Charley's Theatre Wesminster,... |
Museum number: 1862,1011.510 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas AlkenAfter:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1799-1851

print

Title: The Westminster Pit |
Museum number: 1862,1011.513 |
Producer name: BIOG17114 Attributed to:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1946,0821.62 |
Producer name: BIOG36335 Print made by:Lowes Dalbiac Luard |
Production date: 1887-1944

print; book-illustration

Title: John Green |
Museum number: 1877,0512.237 |
Producer name: BIOG130037 Print made by:William Johnstone White |
Production date: 1818

print

Museum number: 1852,1009.1174 |
Producer name: BIOG45119 Print made by:William Say |
Production date: 1780-1800

print; advertisement

Museum number: 1882,0311.3221 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1775

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Globe, Rose and Bear-baiting, / Theatres |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1895 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1859

print

Title: Frost Fair on the River Thames |
Museum number: G,8.227 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1716 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Bear Garden Londina Illustrata |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5912 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:Robert Wilkinson |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The English Bull Baiting |
Museum number: 1948,0214.364 |
Producer name: BIOG40122 Print made by:Richard Newton |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bull Baiting |
Museum number: 1948,0315.2.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Heaviside ClarkAfter:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Playhouse |
Museum number: 1948,0315.2.80 |
Producer name: BIOG43829 Print made by:Edward John Roberts |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: First Stage of Cruelty The Four Stages of Cruelty |
Museum number: S,2.123 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1986,0726.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:George AlkenPrinted by:George Rowney & Co |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Hocus Pocus: or the Political Juglers |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3610 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nathaniel ParrPublished by:Edward Ryland |
Production date: 1739 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Sporting Sketches |
Museum number: 1934,1208.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas AlkenPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Playhouse |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5321 |
Producer name: BIOG43829 Print made by:Edward John Roberts |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Westminster Pit |
Museum number: 1862,1011.536 |
Producer name: BIOG24131 Print made by:Isaac Robert Cruikshank |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Sporting Sketches |
Museum number: 1893,0612.16.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas AlkenPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)