James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road ... / [graphic]

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Title: James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road ... / [graphic]
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created: [ca. 1733]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: James Figg stands with his right hand on his back-sword and his left hand on his hip as he faces his a gentleman opponent in a boxing ring; specators crowd the stands on two levels; with ornaments above the frame
Description: Title from etched text.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not Hogarth.
Mounted on a sheet (wove paper 333 x 268 mm, ruled-border in red ink) with two clippings from newspapers (or broadsides?) announcing boxing matches: one dated in ms. 29 May 1752 and the other 1729.
Provenance: From R.W. Ketton-Cremer? [W.S. Lewis note]. Found loose in Felbrigg, p. 3.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 85 x 126 mm
Language: English

Genre: Tickets
Etchings England London 1733
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ;
Subject (Name): Figg, James, -1734.
Subject (Topic): Boxers (Sports)
Boxing
Spectators
Subjects: Figg, James, -1734
Boxers (Sports)
Boxing
Spectators
England > London > 1733
18th century

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