EditorialEnglish bare-knuckle boxers prize-fighting in a field, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
EditorialGeorge Taylor, George the Barber, champion prizefighter and bare-knuckle boxer, died 1750. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialRegency dandies and gamblers traveling to a bare-knuckle boxing match. Fight between Jack Randall and Jack Martin near Copthorne. Road to a Fight Plate 2. Bankrupt carts 7, not all right 8, all right 9, real dealers in the sport 10, Tom and Bob bang up...
EditorialRegency dandies watching a bare-knuckle boxing match in a stately home. Two prize-fighters square off at a party held by George Hay, Marquis of Tweeddale. A Private Turn-Up in the Drawing Room of a Noble Marquis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving afte...
EditorialRegency dandies and gamblers traveling to a bare-knuckle boxing match. Fight between Jack Randall and Jack Martin near Copthorne. Road to a Fight Plate 1. Men of traffic 1, men of plunder 2, real lovers of the sport 3, Bill Gibbons and the binders 4, r...
Editorial'Thomas Cribb. The champion of England'. Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 – 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century, so successful that he became world champion. He was a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Boxiana; or, ...
EditorialThe second contest between Cribb & Molineux, September 28, 1811. Tom Molineaux (1784 – 1818) was an African-American bare-knuckle boxer. Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 – 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer. In 1810 Cribb was awarded the Briti...
EditorialEnglish bare-knuckle boxers prize-fighting in a field, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847.
EditorialBare-knuckle prize fighters in a boxing match, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Henry Pyne's The World in Miniature: England, Scotland and Ireland, Ackermann, 1827.
EditorialGeorge Taylor, George the Barber, champion prizefighter and bare-knuckle boxer, died 1750. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.