Games & Sports- Boxing & Fighting

8/9/2019 Games & Sports- Boxing & Fighting

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The Boxer, John “Jack” Broughton

by William Hogarth c. 1742(Lowther Estate Trust)


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John “Jack” Broughton

c. 1742(Private Collection)


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“SMITH alias BUCKHORSE, 1747 the Noted Bruiser”

“Hogarth pinx” c. 1747 (The British Museum)


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John “Jack” Broughton

by John Faber Jr, after John Ellys Mid 18th Century (National Portrait Gallery)


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George 'The Coachman' Stevenson

1742(Bonhams)


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“The FAMOUS George Taylor, the BRUISER”

by Andrew Miller c. 1745 - 1750(The British Museum)


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James Figg

by John Faber Jr, after John Ellys Mid 18th Century (The British Museum)


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James Figg

by John Faber Jr, after John Ellys Mid 18th Century (The British Museum)


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John 'Buckhorse' Smith, the Boxer

c. 1760 - 1775(The British Museum)


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Richard Humphreys, the Boxer

by John Hoppner of London 1788(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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The Bruising Match by Hemskerck (Dutch)

by John Bowles c. 1733 - 1752(The British Museum)


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The Bruising Match by Hemskerck (Dutch)

by John Bowles c. 1733 - 1752(The British Museum)


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Jack Broughton's Rules of the Ring

1743(Private Collection)


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“The BRUISER BRUIS’D: Or, the Knowing Ones Taken in.”

c. 1750(The British Museum)


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“The BRUISER BRUIS’D: Or, the Knowing Ones Taken in.”

by Peter Gri!n c. 1750(The British Museum)


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Boxing Match

by Mathew Darly, George Edwards 1754(The British Museum)


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Sailors Boxing Being Watched by Low Grade Naval O!cers. Inscribed “R. Pollard Watch”



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Sailors Boxing Being Watched by Low Grade Naval O!cers. Inscribed “R. Pollard Watch”



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A Prize Fight

by Thomas Rowlandson c. 1757 - 1800(The British Museum)


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“THE CHAMBER BOXING MATCH, OR THE MAD L-AND ENRAGD C-”

London 1758(The British Museum)


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“THE PROCLAMATION of PROCLAMATIONS....”

by Edward Sumpter after Je" eryes Hamett O’Neale c. 1763(The British Museum)


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“The PILLORY TRIUMPHANT: Or, No. 45 for ever.”

London 1765(The British Museum)


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“The Female Bruisers”

by John Collett 1768(Museum of London)


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“The Female Bruisers”

after John Collett 1768(Private Collection)


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“Christmas Eve in the MORNING - BOXING DAY at NIGHT”

London c. 1770 - 1800(The British Museum)


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“Christmas Eve in the MORNING - BOXING DAY at NIGHT”

London c. 1770 - 1800(The British Museum)


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“War establishment”

by Thomas Colley 1783(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“ANTICIPATION”

1784(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT”

by William Dent, Published by J. Brown 1785(The British Museum)


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“Excuse us if you please Sir - “

London 1787 (Lewis Walpole Library)


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“The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza...”

by James Gillray 1788(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“SIX STAGES OFF MARRING A FACE”

by Thomas Rowlandson 1792(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“The Earl of Essex receiving a box of the ear from Queen Elizabeth Wale del. ; Collyer sc.”

by Joseph Collyer 1774(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“The FRENCHMAN in LONDON”

by Jno. Collet 1770(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“The FRENCHMAN in LONDON”

by Jno. Collet 1770(The British Museum)


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“The Human Passions”

by Timothy Bobbin 1773(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“An Engagement in Billingsgate Channel, between the Terrible and the Tiger, two First Rates”

by Carington Bowles 1781(The British Museum)


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“The Rival Queens of Covent Garden and Drury Lane Theatres,...”

by William Holland 1782(The British Museum)


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“THE ROMP”

by Rushworth, Published by S.W. Fores 1785(The British Museum)


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