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1.
An obliging disposition Manors make the man / [graphic]

Published / Created:
[1 April 1830]
Call Number:
830.04.00.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consists of two images with individual titles above. In the upper image "An obliging disposition" a gentleman in a chaise longue is asked by his visitor to cover his debt: "Sir, you will oblige me to pay this bill, if not I must oblige you". On the wall behind them is a print showing a boxer; on floor beside the chaise are a pair of epees, a portfolio, and boxing gloves and In the image below, Manors make the man, a country gentleman with a walking stick addresses a country bumpkin. They exchange in conversation: Do you know sir that you are fishing in my Manor? No sir, I thought I was fishing in my own manner
Alternative Title:
More scraps
Description:
Title from text below lower image., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 4., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published April 1, 1830, by R. Ackermann, 96 Strand and Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports), Debt, and Fishing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An obliging disposition Manors make the man / [graphic]

2.
Cribb's parlour Tom introducing Jerry and Logic to the champion of England / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jan. 1, 1821.
Call Number:
821.01.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Mens' clubs -- Boxers -- Pictures amplify subject -- Trophies -- Smoking (Pipes) -- Punch -- Bill Richmond portrait?
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
Subject (Name):
Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829,
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports) and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Cribb's parlour Tom introducing Jerry and Logic to the champion of England / [graphic]

3.
Hic victor caestus artemq[ue] repono [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1742]
Call Number:
742.00.00.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A proposed ticket design for Broughton's Amphitheatre, Hanway Street, London, showing two pugilists in action, bare-chested and with fists raised
Description:
Title from text in banner at bottom of image., A proposed ticket design for Broughton's Amphitheatre, Hanway Street, London., Cf. "Broughton & Slack" in: Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, from pictures, drawings, and scarce prints in the possession of Samuel Ireland, author of this work. London : R. Faulder, 1794-1799, v. 2, p. 120., Annotated on verso by W.S. Lewis: Fulbrigg, May '57 (ticket proposed for Broughton's Amphitheatre) (Wm Windham) ca 1742., and Ms. note in unidentified hand: Broughton's amphitheatre was opened 10 March 1743.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Broughton, Jack, 1704-1789,
Subject (Topic):
Boxing and Boxers (Sports)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Hic victor caestus artemq[ue] repono [graphic].

4.
James Figg [graphic]

Creator:
Faber, John, 1695?-1756, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1727 and 1729]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of the celebrated pugilist, half-length, looking into the distance over right shoulder, in a feigned oval, bald, with an open shirt and jacket buttoned at the waist
Description:
Title etched above image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the National Portrait Gallery, London., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the lower portion of the imprint statements. Complete imprint statements supplied from impressions in the British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse etched below image: The mighty combatant, the first in fame, The lasting glory of his native Thame. Rash, & unthinking men, at length be wise; Consult your safety, and resign the prize: Nor tempt superior force; but timely fly The vigour of his arm, the quickness of his eye., and On page 228 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at the Green Door in [the] great Piazza Covent Garden and Sold by H. Overton & I. Hoole at the White Horse without Newgate London
Subject (Name):
Figg, James, -1734,
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Figg [graphic]

5.
James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road

Published / Created:
[ca. 1733]
Call Number:
Hogarth 733.00.00.01 Box 100
Image Count:
1
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., and 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Figg, James, -1734.
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports), Boxing, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road ... / [graphic]

6.
James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road

Creator:
Ireland, Anna Maria, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.202 Box 135
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., Not Hogarth., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 313-4., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 89., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Figg, James, -1734,
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports), Boxing, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road ... / [graphic]

7.
James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road

Creator:
Ireland, Anna Maria, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., Not Hogarth., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 313-4., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 89., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8-8-0. Ms. note in pencil on top of print: 4., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 18.5 x 13.2 cm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Figg, James, -1734,
Subject (Topic):
Boxers (Sports), Boxing, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Figg master of [the] noble science of defence on [the] right hand in Oxford Road ... / [graphic]

8.
Les trois magots [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1791]
Call Number:
791.11.01.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lord Barrymore and his two brothers are represented as figurines on the shelf of a chimney-piece, along which the title is etched. Each stands on a circular pedestal inscribed: (left to right) 'A Hell-gate Blackguard', 'A Newgate Scrub', and 'A Cripplegate Monster', the three brothers being known as Newgate, Hellgate, and Cripplegate. In the centre Barrymore, as Scrub, is seated as in Act iii of Farquhar's play, when in conference with Archer: dressed in livery and wearing an apron, his hands on his knees (cf. British Museum Satires No. 6221). On the left Augustus Barry, stripped to the waist and wearing boxing-gloves with a high hat, stands in the attitude of a pugilist, which his extreme thinness makes ridiculous. On the right Henry Barry grins and capers, holding a toy whirligig. He wears the fashionable dress of the bloods of the moment: high hat, long tight breeches reaching almost to the ankle, short wrinkled top-boots with enormous spurs. His coat is slipping off his shoulders and fastened by one button (a caricature of the fashion); all have cropped hair, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8040, &c. Over Barrymore's head is the lower part of a bust-portrait of the Prince of Wales in an oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eighteen lines of verse etched below image: To whip a top, to knuckle down at taw ..., Temporary local subject terms: Mantelpieces -- Pugilism -- Toys: whirligig -- Spurs -- Literature: allusion to George Farquhar's The Beaux Stratagem, iii, 3 -- Barrymore, Richard, 7th Earl, 'Newgate' -- Barrymore, Henry, 8th Earl, 'Cripplegate' -- Barry, Augustus, 'Hellgate' -- Prince of Wales's circle -- Pictures amplifying subject: Prince of Wales'e portrait., and Mounted to 36 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Barrymore, Richard Barry, Earl of, 1769-1793, Barrymore, Henry Barry, Earl of, 1770-1823, and Barry, Augustus, 1773-1818
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Chimneypieces, Figurines, Pedestals, Boxers (Sports), and Toys
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Les trois magots [graphic].

9.
The English ambassador and his suite before the King at Madrid, 1790 [graphic]

Creator:
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, attributed name
Published / Created:
May 12, 1790.
Call Number:
790.05.12.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The King of Spain sits on a circular dais under a canopy, turning his head away from the English ambassador (left), a stout John Bull wearing top-boots behind whom stand four pugilists. Three Spaniards with pikes stand on the extreme right behind the throne, and three courtiers stand in the background. The King wears a short tunic and ruff with a feathered hat; all the Spaniards have long upturned moustaches, all look dismayed. Three of the pugilists are inscribed: 'Big Ben' [Benjamin Brain], 'Humphries', and 'Mendoza'; the fourth is Ward. Beneath the design is etched: 'Great Sir, I am arrived from Albion's Court, Who have taken in Dudgeon what you may think Sport; So it may for the present; but we'll soon make it appear, You'll have reason to laugh the wrong side of your ear! Our Traders in Nootka, by some of your Curs, Were all sent to Quod and robb'd of their Furs, Your right so to do which you claim from the Pope, We Britons dont value the end of a rope! It's a farce you may make your weak Subjects believe, But our right's equal to yours from Adam and Eve. Therefore if you don't make us immediate amends, No longer can we look upon you as Friends, Should you wish for a War we have got a new race, Of such brave fighting fellows, not the Devil dare face! A sample I've brought, only four of our men, Mendoza, Dick Humphries, Joe Ward, and Big Ben: So great is their power each Lad with one blow, Would knock down an Ox, or twelve Spaniards lay low, At home we can raise twelve hundred like these, That would crush all your Troops as easy as fleas. For Centuries past England's rul'd o'er the main, And if it please Heavn'n hope to do so again. Thus with Sailors and Bruisers we your power defy, Being determin'd to conquer or fight till we die!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker identified by Andrew Edmunds as Frederick George Byron., Text etched below image: 'Great Sir, I am arrived from Albion's Court, Who have taken in Dudgeon what you may think Sport; So it may for the present; but we'll soon make it appear, You'll have reason to laugh the wrong side of your ear! Our Traders in Nootka, by some of your Curs, Were all sent to Quod and robb'd of their Furs, Your right so to do which you claim from the Pope, We Britons dont value the end of a rope! It's a farce you may make your weak Subjects believe, But our right's equal to yours from Adam and Eve. Therefore if you don't make us immediate amends, No longer can we look upon you as Friends, Should you wish for a War we have got a new race, Of such brave fighting fellows, not the Devil dare face! A sample I've brought, only four of our men, Mendoza, Dick Humphries, Joe Ward, and Big Ben: So great is their power each Lad with one blow, Would knock down an Ox, or twelve Spaniards lay low, At home we can raise twelve hundred like these, That would crush all your Troops as easy as fleas. For Centuries past England's rul'd o'er the main, And if it please Heavn'n hope to do so again. Thus with Sailors and Bruisers we your power defy, Being determin'd to conquer or fight till we die!', Publisher's advertisement in lower left corner of image: In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Formerly mounted on blue paper, with residue on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain.
Subject (Name):
Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, Humphries, Richard, -1827., Bryan, Benjamin, 1753-1794., and Ward, Joseph, active 1790.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Ambassadors, British, Audiences, Boxers (Sports), Ethnic stereotypes, Kings, and Reception rooms
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The English ambassador and his suite before the King at Madrid, 1790 [graphic]

10.
The striking likeness [art original]

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 1 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An artist (left) with a caricatured face looks on with horror as a bust falls on the head of the Lord, the sitter, who jumps and shreaks with pain, his foot breaking the window (right). In the background the Lord's round, well-dressed wife looks on in horror and Sketch on verso in pencil shows a boxer with gloves in a fighting stance. The figures in ink on recto, the artist and his lordship, bleed-through the image on verso
Description:
Title from caption written above image on recto; image on verso untitled., Verses below image begin: " A poor sculptor with his work elated, on a fickle lord one evening waited ; with his Lordship's bust ... Now her Ladyship with great acknowledg'd the sculptor's work to be a striking likeness.", Place and date of creation based on Grant's known place of residence and years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Boxers (Sports), Boxing, Couples, Distress, Pain, Sculptors, and Sculptures
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The striking likeness [art original]