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.
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.
Editorialbottle, Anonymous, last quarter of the 17th century, blown, General: 17.8 x 13.8 x 9cm 178 x 138 x 90mm, Bottle of purple-brown glass, called a brass knuckle. The bottle has a pointed soul and a circular, flat belly. Short neckline with a folded band a...
Editorialbottle, Anonymous, last quarter of the 17th century, blown, General: 22.7 x 18.5cm 227 x 185mm, Bottle of green colored glass, called a brass knuckle. The bottle has a pointed soul and a rounded belly which narrows at the shoulder star. The neck is qui...
EditorialStudy of Right Hand of Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Huntington, American, 18161906, Graphite, white chalk on grey wove paper, Study of the right hand of General Alexander Hamilton, with the thumb and knuckle of the index finger resting on a surface., USA...
Editorialbottle, Anonymous, last quarter of the 17th century, blown, General: 22.7 x 18.5cm 227 x 185mm, Bottle of green colored glass, called a brass knuckle. The bottle has a pointed soul and a rounded belly which narrows at the shoulder star. The neck is qui...
EditorialDesign for Hilt and Guard of a Dress Sword, Pen and black ink, brush and wash, gold paint, traces of graphite on off-white laid paper, Design for a jeweled hilt and guard of a dress sword. Grip and guard of hilt are decorated with a pattern of lozenge ...
EditorialCopper or bronze knob of a knuckle or the like, in the form of a swine's head, in whose opened mouth a round object (apple?), While the neck shows the bust of a Bacchante and the neck of a satyr. , knife, handle, metal, copper or bronze, length: 6,5 cm...
EditorialKnuckle bone (astragal) with image of Omphale, Ptolemaic Period, Date 30430 B.C., From Egypt, Gabbro, L: 3.7 x W: 2.2 x Th: 2 cm (1 7/16 x 7/8 x 13/16 in.).
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, ...
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.