V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Tom Cribb stands in the foreground, full-face, in a sparring attitude, but holding a bottle whose cork he has just drawn. In the bottle is a negro's face; the contents explode violently, with inscriptions in the explosion: 'a Jaw breaker--Fibbing--Fibbing--More Punishment, A Floorerer, --A Nobber A Doubler, --Want of Wind A Left Flush, --A Rally Sparring for Wind.' Behind him is a table round which sit and stand raffish-looking men, drinking, cheering, and smoking. A punch-bowl is on the table, empty bottles on the floor. Captain Barclay stands with one foot on the table raising his glass, to give the toast: "Gentlemen--the Milling Champion at Thisselton Gap." Six others shout: "Bravo, Capn--"; "Bravo Barclay for ever."; Bravo, Milling for ever."; "Bravo,--Bravo,--Scotch Training for ever."; "Crib, and Barclay for ever."; "Bravo Capn--Huzza"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cribb uncorking blackstrap
Description:
Title etched below image., Date precedes publisher's statement in imprint., Plate numbered "98" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., "Price one shillin [sic] coloured.", and Leaf 87 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Tegg - 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Cribb, Tom, 1781-1848, Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818, and Barclay, Captain 1779-1854 (Robert),
Print of Molyneux in a fighting stance, likely during his fight against English champion Tom Cribb of 1810 or 1811
Description:
Thomas "The Moor" Molineaux, although usually called Tom Molineaux (which is sometimes spelled Molyneaux) was an African-American bare-knuckle boxer and former slave. He spent much of his career in Great Britain and Ireland, where he had some notable successes. He arrived in England in 1809 and started his fighting career there in 1810. It was his two fights against Tom Cribb, widely viewed as the Champion of England that brought fame to Molineaux, although he lost both contests. His prizefighting career ended in 1815. After a tour that took him to Scotland and Ireland, he died in Galway, Ireland in 1818, aged 34., Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom., and Leaf 16 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):
Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818, and Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818.
Subject (Topic):
African American boxers, Prints, and Boxers (Sports)
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The stage or platform is surrounded by a dense crowd, some three rows of which form the foreground of the design. Cribb, who has cuts on the face, strikes Molineux on the throat and he falls backwards, to the dismay of his second, also a negro, and another supporter. On the right Cribb's second and bottle-holder register satisfaction. The crowd is wildly enthusiastic, and drawn with humorous realism. Some men on horseback are among the spectators immediately surrounding the stage, as are one or two carriages. Two pickpockets, a man and woman, work together in the foreground; two men are fighting. A few women are among the crowd, one astride a man's shoulders (right). The crowd and the stage which it surrounds fills the greater part of the design. There is a pleasant landscape background. On a road is a long line of tiny carriages and men on horseback, with one farm-wagon."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Milling match
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Sept. 29, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No.111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11786 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Text following title: Took place at Thisselton Gap in the County of Rutland Septr. 28, 1811, betwixt Cribb and Molineaux on a 25 foot stage ..., Plate numbered "94" in upper left corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., "Price one shilling couloured [sic].", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 212., and Leaf 37 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Cribb, Tom, 1781-1848 and Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818
