The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ... [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[11 January 1788]eng"Humphreys on the left, Mendoza on the right, squaring up in a boxing pen, with Trink in the left foreground holding a bottle, Jonson behind Humphreys, Moravia and Allen standing with pocket watches on the left and Jacobs and Isaacs standing behind Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from first words of descriptive text etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue.Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ...Figures in the design are identified by inscriptions etched at the bottom of the image; the Latin motto 'Sic transit gloria mundi' is etched below the four lines of descriptive text.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Tom Tring, fl. 1788 -- Tom Johnson, fl. 1788 -- Jacobs -- Isaacs -- Moravia -- Allen -- Latin motto: "Sic transit gloria mundi" -- Spectators -- Boxing: Umpires -- Jews -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Boxing ring.1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.6 x 39.8 cm.Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 7 of 12.