On the left, a man with a beard and wearing a hat holds the coat of a short, bald man in waist coat, shirt, and trousers who is advancing to the right, fists up and ready to fight. In the front on the right is a foppish man holding an open snuff box...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published August 30st, 1787, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Johnson stepping in to deflect a blow Mendoza aims at his opponent Humphreys, with Tring on the left, Jacob and Isaacs behind Mendoza and Allen and Moravia behind them, holding watches."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Humphreys and Johnson a match for Mendoza
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Humphries, Richard, -1827. and Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836.
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
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
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
"The head and shoulders of a man repeated six times in different attitudes. Above (right) the Duke of Hamilton (see BMSat 7958), good-looking, with bare clenched fists looks up and to the left, as if facing an antagonist. In successive stages one eye ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
On the right, J. Figg stands with his right hand on a back-sword and his left hand on his hip; he watches Slack (left) and Broughton (center) as they box
Description:
Title from names etched on lower margin below each figure.
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surroun...
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms.
"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 Me...
Description:
Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Humphries, Richard, -1827. and Mendoza, Daniel, 1764-1836.
