Fight Collection (page 8)

GIRL SNOWBALLING
A girl snowballing with her brother Date: circa 1890

Gustavus Adolphus lands at Peenemunde to fight for the Protestant cause against the Austrian empire Date: 1631

Gustavus Adolphus lands at Peenemunde and falls on his knees to thank God for bringing him safely to fight for the Protestant cause against the Austrian empire Date: 1631

SEA FIGHT BY MOONLIGHT The French warship Venus and the British ship Ceylon take advantage of a bright moon to fight at night Date: 16-17 September 1809

Admiral Bridport takes three French warships Date: 1795 ?

Anti-Syphilis Ad Date: 1930

Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Carpentier v Beckett
Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Georges Carpentier vs. Joe Beckett - The knockout - French fighter Carpentier watching his fallen rival - 4th December, 1919 Date: 1919

A Fight for a chateau
Frederic Villiers showing a struggle between French and German troops during the Great Battle of Marne, September 1914. Date: 1914

MARSEILLAIS IN A FIGHT
Republican Federes from Marseille get into a fight with royalist supporters in the Champs Elysees. Support for the king can still be found even in Paris. Date: 30 July 1792

POLICE TRAINING
Training for the International Police Boxing Championships at Peel House, London. P.C. Jackson versus P.C. Melish Date: 1930s

MONTMARTRE SNOW C1905
Three children in Montmartre await a fourth companion, no doubt for a friendly snowball fight. Date: circa 1905

BOYS FIGHTING 1869
Two country boys fight; a girl weeps. Date: 1869

BOYS PILLOW FIGHT C1885
Three boys stage a pillow fight in their nightgowns. Date: circa 1885

SOCIAL / MONTMARTRE SNOW
Three children in Montmartre await a fourth companion, no doubt for a friendly snowball fight Date: circa 1905

GAME / PILLOW FIGHT C1885
Three boys stage a pillow fight in their nightgowns Date: circa 1885

GAME / WINTER / MONTMARTRE
Schoolboys take advantage of the snow to engage in a snowball fight on the Butte de Montmartre Date: circa 1905

BOXING AT WONDERLAND
A large crowd fills Londons Wonderland club to watch a fight. Date: 1900

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

Snowballers in Montmartre, Paris, France
Montmartre: three children await a fourth companion, no doubt for a friendly snowball fight. Date: circa 1905

VIKING DUEL / 1927
Spectators anxiously look on as two vikings fight a duel Date: 1927

POLISH KOSSINIERI
Members of a patriotic secret society, the KOSSINIERI (literally, the scythers) swear to fight for the freedom of Poland against the hated Russians who rule them Date: 1 May 1821

JINGO MEETING 1878
Anti-Russian jingoes meet in the Guildhall, London - We dont want to fight, but by Jingo, if we do, weve got the ships, weve got the men, weve got the money too ! Date: 1878

HUNTLEY DELIVERY BOY
On his way to deliver a goose and a box of Huntley & Palmers Dessert biscuits, a delivery boy stops to have a snowball fight Date: circa 1910

GAMING DEN / MYTTON
A hell of a row in a hell. Mytton shows fight. A brawl breaks out amongst some high- spirited gents in a gaming den. Included is the eccentric squire John Mytton (1796-1834) Date: 1820s

BUCKINHAM / SEVERN / DOYLE
Duke of Buckingham on his way to fight Richard, find the Severn impassable Date: October 1483

Bridge Fight, Pisa
PISA : the long-ago defeat of the Saracens is celebrated by two groups of warriors who battle it out on a bridge over the Arno Date: 18th century

Cartoon, A Physical Force Chartist Arming for the Fight. Satirical comment on Chartism. Date: 1848

COMMUNITY / CHARITY / HOBOES
American Hoboes and a Railroad employee come to blows. Date: circa 1888

Snowballing in Montmartre, Paris, France
Schoolboys take advantage of the snow to engage in a snowball fight on the Butte de Montmartre. Date: circa 1905

Achelous Vanquished
River-god Achelous and Herakles fight for love of Dejanira : Achelous turns himself into a bull, but Herakles wins, pulling off a horn, the cornucopia

BOXING, 1821
A fight in the Fives Court, London Date: 1821

Girl with dogs, cats and dolls
A little girl with her arms full of dolls: her two puppies fight over a doll which has fallen to the floor, while her cat drinks milk from a bowl. Date: circa 1890

Hogarth, The Cockpit - a satirical illustration showing the blindness of a man drawn into betting on the match, and other forms of debauchery. Date: 1759

Cartoon satire on Lloyd George and the drink trade
A cartoon satire on David Lloyd George (1863-1945) and the drink trade, in an echo of David and Goliath. Date: 1915

Alexander the Great, King of Macedon
Alexander the Great, King Alexander III of Macedon. He fights Hindus and Persians at Ephesus. Date: 356 - 323 BC

Mexican bullfighter, the picador
A Mexican bullfighter - the Picador. Date: 1909

The Proud Prince, combat in the arena
The Proud Prince, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, scene from Act 4, combat in the arena. early 20th century

Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight by Charles Robinson
Illustration titled Preparing for the Snow-Ball Fight. This image shows a group of children making a pile of snow balls in preparation for a fight

Two Shoeshine boys fighting over a potential customer - humorous images used as a promotional tool for Blecao - the blurb for which reads as follows

WW1 era Comic Postcard - Little girl threatens her boy... " If I ever catch you at it" ! Date: circa 1916

Advertisement for French war bonds, WW1
Advertisement for French war bonds during the First World War -- give your gold to fight for victory. 1914-1918

Town versus Gown fight in Oxford
Town versus Gown brawl in Oxford in the 1850s, with undergraduates fighting locals. Date: 1850s

Tiger and snake fight in the jungle
The Roaring Tiger of Johore - impression of a ferocious tiger caught by Frank Buck, who documented the catching of a tiger in the wild

The Fight at the Cock Inn, 1777, by Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Spanish painter. The Fight at the Cock Inn, 1777. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Saint Michael Archangel. By Master of Zafra. 1495-1500. Depicting the Archangel attacking the dragon, symbol of sin. In the upper part, heavenly choirs and, on background

Painted wooden chest from Tutankhamuns tomb
A wooden chest covered in plaster from the tomb of PharaoTutankhamun (reigned 13321323 BC) as discovered by Howard Carter among others in 1922 in the Valley of Kings

Circus Maximus in Rome by Matania
Proposed reconstruction of the Circus Maximus in Rome - the Circus at its zenith. A fight with wild beasts in the long arena of the Circus Maximus - a mounted archer meets an oncoming lion

Boxing match on deck of a cruise ship, 1930s
Scene on the deck of an unidentified cruise ship where a boxing match is taking place for the amusement of passengers in 1932. Date: 1932

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