Boxing match for 200 guineas, betwixt Dutch Sam and Medley : Fought 31 May 1810, on Moulsey Hurst near Hampton

Boxing match for 200 guineas, betwixt Dutch Sam and Medley

Item Information

Title:
Boxing match for 200 guineas, betwixt Dutch Sam and Medley : Fought 31 May 1810, on Moulsey Hurst near Hampton
Description:
The artist has drawn the fight, judging from the appearance offered by the opponents, during the first round, while all was cool and scientific. The champions, stripped to the waist, are sparring round one another on guard ; their seconds are eagerly following up the principals; the two bottle-holders are seated on the grass. The spectators, a very orderly company, according to the picture, are arranged on the grass in a wide circle, while beyond the amateurs on foot is a ring of vehicles, on the roofs of which are perched the more fashionable portion of the patrons of the Ring, amongst whom are seen some of the softer sex.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
June 5, 1810
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2
Subjects:
Boxing
Boxers (Sports)
Sports spectators
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego II, p. 115, 189-90
On item: 22
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2," the second volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000396
Barcode:
36666003262629