Pugilism Collection

Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier, 1914
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring the French boxer, Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), posed before his much-publicised fight against Gunboat Smith at Olympia in July 1914. Date: 1914

Roman boxing scene and three types of Cestus

Edwin John
After a brief spell as a middleweight boxer, Edwin John (1905-1978) pursued a career as an artist. Date: 1931

TONGAN BOXING 1870
Pugilism in the Pacific as a crowd of Tongans fight during the Tow Tow festival. Date: 1870

Jack Johnson and his first wife
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), American boxer and first African American heavyweight boxing champion, pictured with his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea, who he had married in January 1911

Greek art. Krater of Thebes. 7th century BC. Geometric perio
Greek art. Boeotian Late Geometric pedestalled krater with boxing match. From Thebes, c. 690-670 BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Pat O Keefe, WW1
British boxer and Middle Weight boxing champion of England, Pat O Keefe (1183-1960) pictured after joining the 1st Surrey Rifles and assisting the training of troops at Camberwell in 1915. Date: 1915

Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), French boxer, described by The Sketch magazine as the beau ideal of pugilism. Date: 1914

Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier & Gunboat Smith, 1914
Front cover of the Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of the much-publicised boxing match at Olympia between the Frenchman

Street Fight by George Ranstead
Drawing of two men engaged in a punch up in the street, much to the horror of a lady watching from a doorway (possibly the cause of the fight)

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