Pugilism Collection

The last bare-knuckle fight, Farnborough, Hampshire, 17th April 1860 (1951). Contest between the English David, Tom Sayers, and the American Goliath, Heenan

Four Pugilists with a Bottle at Their Feet, 1870-80s. Creator: Unknown
Four Pugilists with a Bottle at Their Feet, 1870-80s

John Broughton, 1822. Creator: Robert Cooper
John Broughton, 1822. Portrait of Jack Broughton (c1703-1789), an English bare-knuckle boxer or pugilist. Broughton staged boxing exhibition at his amphitheatre in Hanway Road in London

Boxing in a London Park, from Art Gout Beaute, pub. 1923 (pochoir print)

The Set-Too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, pub. London, 1809 (hand coloured engraving)

James Figg, prize fighter, c19th century. Artist: R Graves
James Figg, prize fighter, c19th century

Bare-knuckle boxing, c18th century

St George and the Dragon and Mademoiselle Riposting, 1789. Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810)

The Royal Academy, 1786. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

The bruising match, 1730. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

December - Boxing Day, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
December - Boxing Day, 19th century

Phorbas, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Phorbas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Both Members of This Club, 1909. Artist: George Wesley Bellows
Both Members of This Club, 1909. Inspired by fights at Tom Sharkeys Athletic Club in New York. At the time, public boxing matches were illegal in the city

Mr. Bright offers to give satisfaction to the Liberal Party, 1858. Mr John Bright (on the left) had made a speech at Manchester in which he forcefully reiterated his well-known views on the subjects

The Boxers from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: John Thompson
The Boxers from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping