Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match

Antoine Polier - OrientalistHassan Resa KhanbackgroundNawab Salar JungClaude Martin - Soldier and polymathNawab Wazir of OudhColonel John MordauntCol. Mordaunt's cockfighterOzias Humphrey - PainterCockfightingJohn Wombwell - East India Co. accountantMr OrrMr. Robert GregoryLieutenant Golding - East India Co. EngineerSeated figureUnknownZoffany - the artistCockfighterMr Gregory's cockfighterUse a cursor to explore or click for larger image
Colonel Mordaunt's cockfight by Johann Zoffany - Some can be identified by hovering the mouse pointer over different individuals in the painting.[1]
Colonel Mordaunts Cock Match
ArtistJohann Zoffany
Year1788
TypeOil painting
Dimensions150 cm × 104 cm (59 in × 41 in)
LocationTate Gallery, London

Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match, sometimes called Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Fight, is a painting by the German British artist Johann Zoffany. It records British colonial life in the Indian court of Asaf-Ud-Dowlah. The painting was completed in February 1788, four years after the event it records. The painting is part of the Tate Gallery collection. A recent[when?] cleaning has revealed the original colours and made more apparent what appears to be an erection visible on the Nawab of Oudh, the central figure.[1]

  1. ^ a b Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match  circa 1784-6, Terry Riggs, October 1997, Tate.org.uk, accessed April 2010