"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:
"Price 1 s.", Cited in the description of another print on this same event. Cf. No. 7425 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Five lines of text below title provide a detailed description of the boxing match: This extraordinary match was fought at Odiham in Hampshire ..., Names of the depicted figures are etched at bottom of image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., 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 -- Reference to Wilson Gale Braddyl, 1755-1818 -- Boxing: Bottle holder -- Jews -- Boxing ring., Text following title: Dedicated to Wilson Braddyl, Esqr., gymnastico generalissimo., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphries, Richard,---1827., and Mendoza, Daniel,--1764-1836.
"Portrait of the boxer Daniel Mendoza standing whole-length before a fight, facing right with both fists raised, with spectators and landscape in the background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
"Pr. 3 s.", Title etched below image., and Year of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
"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:
CtY-LW, 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., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., 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., Text below image continues: ... allowed by all judges of this gymnastic art to have been the most scientific ever exhibited ..., and Title from first words of descriptive text etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphries, Richard,---1827., and Mendoza, Daniel,--1764-1836.
