Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Behold a group with courage, strength & skill, / Broughton's New Amphitheater to fill ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Treasury -- John Ellys.
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Subject (Name):
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Broughton, Jack, 1704-1789.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Behold a group with courage, strength & skill, / Broughton's New Amphitheater to fill ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Treasury -- John Ellys., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Duke of, 1682-1761, Chetwynd, William Richard Chetwynd, Viscount, ?1683-1770, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Egmont, John Perceval, Earl of, 1711-1770, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, and Broughton, Jack, 1704-1789.
A proposed ticket design for Broughton's Amphitheatre, Hanway Street, London, showing two pugilists in action, bare-chested and with fists raised
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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.
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., Date based on the fight between the two boxers 11 April 1750 in which Slack defeated Broughton. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 150., Not Hogarth., and Mounted on laid paper with penciled framed: sheet 287 x 194 mm.
