Boxing Collection (page 19)

Women making corsets, 1884 (engraving)
SLS251304 Women making corsets, 1884 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University; eSchlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute

The Tea Depot (gouache on silk)
STC96527 The Tea Depot (gouache on silk) by Chinese School (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Chinese, out of copyright

Red-figure kylix depicting athletes training, c. 500 BC (red-figure pottery
AMQ103375 Red-figure kylix depicting athletes training, c.500 BC (red-figure pottery) (see also 103374) by Greek, (6th century BC); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration
6340205 Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: Greek athletes competing in the martial art of Pankration)

Jeffries-Sharkey pictures - under the direction of Wm. A. Brady & Thos
5669761 Jeffries-Sharkey pictures - under the direction of Wm. A. Brady & Thos. O Rourke, 1899 (litho) by American School

The Human Figure in Motion: Some phases of a boxing match (b / w photo)
6010232 The Human Figure in Motion: Some phases of a boxing match (b/w photo) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Some phases of a boxing match)

Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving)
5999093 Page from A Cambridge Scrap-Book, 1859. (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for A Cambridge Scrap-Book (Macmillan, 1859)

Boxing, postures in attack and defence (litho)
6013528 Boxing, postures in attack and defence (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boxing, postures in attack and defence)

Chronophotograph of Movements of a Boxer, c. 1890 (lantern slide)
1197675 Chronophotograph of Movements of a Boxer, c.1890 (lantern slide) by Marey, Etienne Jules (1830-1904); 7x7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Marey)

The Boxing Match, (pen and ink and watercolour)
824123 The Boxing Match, (pen and ink and watercolour) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); 18.2x27 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Boxing Match. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)

Plate 342. Boxing; Open Hand, 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950326 Plate 342. Boxing; Open Hand, 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 16.2x44.6 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 339. Boxing; Open Hand (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950323 Plate 339. Boxing; Open Hand (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 17x43.8 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 337. Boxing; Open Hand (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950321 Plate 337. Boxing; Open Hand (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 18.1x44.1 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 335. Boxing; With Gloves (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950319 Plate 335. Boxing; With Gloves (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 23.7x31.4 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 333. Boxing; 53 Knocking 52 Down (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950317 Plate 333. Boxing; 53 Knocking 52 Down (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 25.4x25.7 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 331. Boxing; Stop for Cross-Buttocks (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950315 Plate 331. Boxing; Stop for Cross-Buttocks (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 20.3x37.3 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover

Plate 330. Boxing; Cross-Counter (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950314 Plate 330. Boxing; Cross-Counter (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 24.8x31.8 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

Plate 329. Boxing; (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper)
3950313 Plate 329. Boxing; (Shoes), 1872-85 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 17x45.7 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

The great prize-fight between Morrissey and the Benicia Boy at Long Point
1144569 The great prize-fight between Morrissey and the Benicia Boy at Long Point, Canada West - the commencement of the fight, pub

Sport, Boxing: A boxer fight in England between Peter Jackson
XEE4176840 Sport, Boxing: A boxer fight in England between Peter Jackson and Australian champion Frank Slavin. Engraving. One of the newspaper " Le petit parisien" on 12/06/1892

Boxing match between French champion Georges Carpentier
XEE4188149 Boxing match between French champion Georges Carpentier, who defeated American Battling Lewinsky in New Jersey in the United States

Jack Johnson winning world boxing championship against Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada
XEE4150430 Jack Johnson winning world boxing championship against Jim Jeffries in Reno, Nevada, July 4, 1910 - Illustration from English newspaper Le Petit Journal July 1910 by Anonymous; Private

Etruscan art: detail of the bronze Ficoroni Cistus representing the legend of
LRI4639540 Etruscan art: detail of the bronze Ficoroni Cistus representing the legend of the Argonauts: an argonaut training in pugilate. From Preneste (Palestrina). 340 BC

Greek antiquite: boxers head. 4th century BC. Bronze sculpture
LRI4674944 Greek antiquite: boxers head. 4th century BC. Bronze sculpture. National Museum of Archeology, Athenes. Grece by Greek, (4th century BC); National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Cover of "Le Don Quixote", number 251, Satirique en Couleurs
ICA4926358 Cover of " Le Don Quixote", number 251, Satirique en Couleurs, 1879_4_11: Lets rub it!... - Anticlericalism, Expressions - Obscurantism, Combative Eg, Petitions - Owl/Owl

The First Round, c. 1932 (b / w photo)
1775661 The First Round, c.1932 (b/w photo) by Dubreuil, Pierre (1872 - 1944); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures; French, out of copyright

A spar exhibition, boxing (chromolitho)
5235208 A spar exhibition, boxing (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A spar exhibition, boxing. One of a set of cut-outs relating to sport)

Middle Weight Boxer (chromolitho)
5235203 Middle Weight Boxer (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Middle Weight Boxer. One of a set of cut-outs relating to sport)

Sunday evening with the Fancy (colour litho)
3095695 Sunday evening with the Fancy (colour litho) by Concanen, Alfred (1835-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunday evening with the Fancy)

Preparing for the military tournament at the Army Gymnastic School, Aldershot (b / w photo)
1064545 Preparing for the military tournament at the Army Gymnastic School, Aldershot (b/w photo) by English photographer

Sports on Board a Troopship (engraving)
1053883 Sports on Board a Troopship (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sports on Board a Troopship)

The Amateur Boxing Association Competition at St Jamess Hall (engraving)
1060703 The Amateur Boxing Association Competition at St Jamess Hall (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

English boxer William Thomas Wells (Bombardier Billy Wells), posed seated in a tweed suit
1078789 English boxer William Thomas Wells (Bombardier Billy Wells), posed seated in a tweed suit, c.1911 (b/w photo) by Hassler

Tom Cannon, "The Great Gun of Windsor", From a Portrait by Wageman (engraving)
983254 Tom Cannon, " The Great Gun of Windsor", From a Portrait by Wageman (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Cannon)

Thomas Winter, Spring, Champion, From a Drawing by George Sharples in 1822 (engraving)
983244 Thomas Winter, Spring, Champion, From a Drawing by George Sharples in 1822 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Winter, Spring, Champion)

First Fight of Spring and Langan, on Worcester Race Course, 24 January 1824 (engraving)
983243 First Fight of Spring and Langan, on Worcester Race Course, 24 January 1824 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First Fight of Spring and Langan)

Mr John Jackson, 1798, From an original Painting in possession of Sir Henry Smythe, Baronet (engraving)
983222 Mr John Jackson, 1798, From an original Painting in possession of Sir Henry Smythe, Baronet (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr John Jackson)

Tom King, Champion, 1863, From a Photograph (engraving)
983272 Tom King, Champion, 1863, From a Photograph (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom King, Champion, 1863, From a Photograph)

Tom Paddock, From a Photograph by Watkins (engraving)
983267 Tom Paddock, From a Photograph by Watkins (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Paddock, From a Photograph by Watkins)

Tom Gaynor, "The Bath Carpenter"(engraving)
983257 Tom Gaynor, " The Bath Carpenter" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Gaynor, " The Bath Carpenter")

Joshua Hudson, From a Miniature by T Cooper (engraving)
983255 Joshua Hudson, From a Miniature by T Cooper (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joshua Hudson, From a Miniature by T Cooper)

Peter Crawley, at the Age of 27, From a Portrait by Wyvill (engraving)
983253 Peter Crawley, at the Age of 27, From a Portrait by Wyvill (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peter Crawley, at the Age of 27)

Bill Neat (engraving)
983249 Bill Neat (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill Neat. Illustration for Pugilistica The History of British Boxing by Henry Downes Miles)

George Cooper (engraving)
983235 George Cooper (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Cooper. Illustration for Pugilistica The History of British Boxing by Henry Downes Miles)

Bill Richmond, From a Portrait by Hillman, 1812 (engraving)
983234 Bill Richmond, From a Portrait by Hillman, 1812 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bill Richmond, From a Portrait by Hillman, 1812)

Thomas Molineaux, From a Drawing by George Sharples (engraving)
983233 Thomas Molineaux, From a Drawing by George Sharples (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomas Molineaux, From a Drawing by George Sharples)

Hen (or Henry) Pearce, Champion, "The Game Chicken", From a Drawing by Reeves, of Bristol, 1805 (engraving)
983227 Hen (or Henry) Pearce, Champion, " The Game Chicken", From a Drawing by Reeves, of Bristol, 1805 (engraving) by English School

Jack Slack, of Bristol, the Conqueror of Broughton, From a Bust sculptured by Sivier (engraving)
983218 Jack Slack, of Bristol, the Conqueror of Broughton, From a Bust sculptured by Sivier (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack Slack, of Bristol)

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"Boxing: A Timeless Display of Strength, Skill, and Grit" Step into the ring of history as we explore the captivating world of boxing. From iconic figures like Sonny Liston to thrilling matches that defined eras, this sport has left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. Gazing at a vintage poster for England's Glory Matches, one can almost hear the roar of the crowd and feel the electric atmosphere. The legendary Sugar Ray Robinson, his fists clenched with determination during a seventh-round fight, embodies the essence - unwavering resilience in the face of adversity. But boxing is not just about famous names; it is also about celebrating local heroes. English prizefighters have long captivated audiences with their raw talent and unyielding spirit. Just like brown hares gracefully sparring in an Oxon field, these pugilists showcase their agility and finesse within the squared circle. Looking back through time reveals how deeply rooted boxing is in our culture. Jack Dempsey's powerful presence on a vintage poster transports us to an era where passion overflowed from every punch thrown. Even women were not exempt from stepping into this male-dominated arena; a photograph capturing female boxers in 1933 showcases their courage and determination to break barriers. Delving further into history brings us face-to-face with trailblazers such as Daniel Mendoza and Jem Mace - pioneers who paved the way for future generations by showcasing their skills inside those four ropes. It seems that even society couldn't resist being drawn towards this exhilarating sport. As depicted on a Bystander cover from 1929, we witness a woman tirelessly training her body to withstand any challenge that comes her way – defying societal norms while embracing her passion for boxing.