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.
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.
"Memorandum" signed: J.N., Added t.p. engr., BEIN 1994 213: Variant issue: Includes dedication leave to Frederick Prince Royal of Great Britain" bound between p. xiv and xv; Appendix and "A poem in memory of the marble effigies of Sir Thomas Parkyns" bound between p. xviii and p. 9 instead of at end; from the collection of Herbert B. Lazarus., First word transliterated from Greek., and Includes references to boxing (particularly p. 59)
Publisher:
Printed for T. Weeks, at the White-hart,
Subject (Name):
Lazarus, Herbert B.--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Boxing, Boxing--Early works to 1800, and Wrestling
"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 is closed and bleeding, the nose and then the mouth are bleeding, cuts on the face and forehead appear. In the last stage, in the lower left corner of the design, the grossly disfigured head lies unconscious, blood pouring from the mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Below title: Dedicated with respect to his grace, the Duke of Hamilton., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Armorial shield with fleur de lis above and intials L V G below.
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., 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.
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 surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
"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 Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ..., Figures in the design are identified by inscriptions etched at the bottom of the image; the Latin motto 'Sic transit gloria mundi' is etched below the four lines of descriptive text., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Tom Tring, fl. 1788 -- Tom Johnson, fl. 1788 -- Jacobs -- Isaacs -- Moravia -- Allen -- Latin motto: "Sic transit gloria mundi" -- Spectators -- Boxing: Umpires -- Jews -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Boxing ring., and Watermark: J Whatman.
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.