"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.
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on fashionable life described in a sub-title as "Address'd to the Professors of Driving, Dressing, Ogling, Writing, Playing, Gambling, Racing, Dancing, Duelling, Boxing, Swearing, Humming, Building, &c. &c. &c." with broad space flanked by large buildings leading down to the sea. On the left, "The Academy for the Noble Art of Boxing NB Mufflers provided for delicate Constitutions" through the windows of which a pugilist can be seen addressing a yong nobleman, and two men boxing. Beside this a theatre into which a large crowd enters via a staircase, encouraged by a zany standing on a balcony with three actresses, two actors wearing turbans and another dressed as a soldier; the sign above refers to notorious hoaxes of the earlier part of the century: "Britannia Humm'd Or the Tragedy of the Secret Expedition [presumably the Expedition on Rochefort, 1757], A Mock Tragedy to which is added a Farce call'd The Pregnant Rabit Woman [i.e., Mary Toft], Together with the Adventures of the Bottle Conjurer [see BM Satires 3022, 1868,0808.3875], and Polish Jew [Henry Simons]. As likewise the taking ye Standard at the Battle of Dittingen." The next house is built in a variety of styles; beyond, the sea the sun rises "for the Vigilant". In the foreground fashionable people are shown as described in a key below: 1. "British Nobility disguis'd", three women dressed in French style in an open carriage are bowed to by 2. a foppish young man "Return'd from the Polite Tour"; behind him 3. "Foreign Insolence [is] express'd by the French Valet de Chambre daring to Insult 4. English Bravery in Distress [an old sailor with a wooden leg], reduc'd to ask Alms in his Native Country, after having courageously lost his limbs in Defence of it on board a Privateer & unjustly kept out of his Prize-money"; next is 5. "The Optical Ogle, or polite Curiosity", a young gentleman peering at the women in the carriage through an eye-glass; 6. "An Author", a miserable gentleman with his hands tucked into the breast of his coat who is barked at by two dogs; by contrast, 7. "A Player" reclines comfortably in a sedan chair, a footman walking before him; 8. describes a scene at the door of the house on the right, "The Industrious Tradesman thrust off with Contempt, expecting a just Debt to be paid, to make room for a high Life Gambler [also in a sedan chair], politely usher'd in to receive his Debt of Honour"; behind this group is, 9. "A Feather of the Turf", a man mounted on a high gig drives two horses, and 10. "The Balance of Merit in this happy Climate for useless Exotics, [where] A French Dancing Master obtains 300£ pr. Ann. & a clear Benefit worth near 300£ more, while the Ingenious English Shipwright, tho' Assistant to the Honour Profit & Defence of his Country, by hard Labour barely obtains 40£ pr. Ann."; on the left, 11. a hearse drives into the scene with "The Corps[e] of a Blood, conveying to Interment, who boldly lost his Life in a Duel defending the Reputation of a Prostitute"; 12. is the house beside the sea, "Modern Architecture The Corinthian, Venetian, Gothic & Chinese huddled in one Front,"; 13. an old woman leaning out of an upper window calling to a woman and two men at the door represents "Modern Hospitality in the Character of Old Age, left to take care of Furniture, & answer Duns that the Family is in the Country"; 14. fishing boats at sea are reminders that "One British Buss [fishing boat] of more service to the Community than ten Italian Singers"."--British Museun online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of text below image: Explanation. 1 British Nobility disguis'd, 2 Return'd from the Polite Tour, 3 Foreign Insolence express'd by the French valet de chambre daring to insult 4 English Bravery in distress ..., and Mounted to 26 x 35 cm., window mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
"The boxing scene from 'The Romp', Act II, between Young Cockney (left) and Priscilla Tomboy. They face each other with clenched fists. Young Cockney is fashionably dressed and portly, Priscilla's large hat and mittens are on the floor. Behind her (right) stands Captain Sightley in regimentals and Miss La Blond wearing a large hat which conceals her face. Behind them on the extreme right is a folding screen. Framed pictures decorate the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed in lower left of image with monogram RR [first 'R' reversed] delin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark in center of sheet., and In pencil on verso: RR [R Rushworth?].
Publisher:
Publisehed [sic] Jany 3d. 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No. 3, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Barnes, Mrs., active 1782-1808., Barrymore, Mr. 1759-1830. (William),, Dodd, James William, 1740?-1796, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, and Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Boxing, Military uniforms, British, Theaters, and Theatrical productions
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
