Fists Collection

English Prizefighters
A pair of bruisers slug it out with their bare fists while a genteel crowd watches the action

Sayers V Heenan 1860
English champion Tom Sayers fights the American challenger for the belt. Unresolved, the fight is stopped by the police

Johnson V Perrins 1789
Tom Johnson and Isaac Perrins square up to each other at Banbury

Peter Crawley, Boxer

Petty Officer Matthew Curran, Irish boxer
Petty Officer Matthew Curran (1882-1938), nicknamed Nutty Curran, Irish heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Danahar or Danaher, boxer
A boxer named Danahar or Danaher (there were several), seen here in what appears to be a turn of the century studio photo with painted backdrop, and a trophy on the right. Date: circa 1900

Roman boxing scene and three types of Cestus

Tiger Jack'Smith (James Addis), British heavyweight boxer
Tiger Jack Smith (James Addis) (1875-1931), British heavyweight boxer from Merthyr Tydfil. Addis fought James Gunner Moir for the Heavyweight Championship of England in February 1907

The Boxer
An illustration of a smoke piping military man with unusually large fists, standing with a strong stance as his victim runs away, holding his head from a wound. Date: circa 1901

Un Duel Parlementaire
A series of drawings of a parliamentary duel between two gentlemen exchanging mild insults and raising fists. Date: circa 1901

Woman With Arms Raised
A photograph of a sculpture, depicting a mighty female warrior, with her arms raised with clenched fists, screaming towards the sky

Helmut Schmidt, German Social Democrat politician
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (b 1918), German Social Democrat politician, served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Seen here giving a speech at a podium. Date: circa 1970s

Comic postcard, Rent collector hit by sailor Date: early 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight as girl watches Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two boys about to fight Date: 20th century

Tancy Lee, Scottish boxer
Tancy Lee (1882-1941), flyweight Scottish boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Tom McCormick, Irish-born English boxer
Tom McCormick (1890-1916), Irish-born welterweight English boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Sid Smith, English boxer
Sid Smith (1889-1948), English flyweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Jack Palmer, English boxer
Jack Palmer (Jack Liddell, 1879-1928), English middleweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Jack Burke, Irish-born English boxer
Jack Burke (1861-1897), nicknamed The Irish Lad, Irish-born English middleweight boxer. Date: circa 1890s

Jem Smith, English boxer
Jem Smith (1863-1931), English heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Solly (Solomon) Smith, American boxer
Solly (Solomon) Smith (1871-1933), American featherweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Harry Ware, English boxer
Harry Ware (1875-19??), English bantamweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Spike (Frank) Robson, English boxer
Spike (Frank) Robson (1887-1957), English featherweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Jem Roche, Irish boxer
Jem Roche (1878-1934), Irish heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Ian Hague, English boxer
Ian Hague (1885-1951), English heavyweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Johnny Hughes, English boxer
Johnny Hughes (1882-1953), English flyweight boxer. Date: circa 1900s

Leon Poutet, French boxer
Leon Poutet (1899-19??), French lightweight boxer. Date: circa 1910s

Piet Hobin (Pete Hoban), Belgian boxer
Piet Hobin (Pete Hoban, 1897-1971), Belgian welterweight boxer. circa 1910s

Terry McGovern, American professional boxer
Terrible Terry McGovern (1880-1918), American professional boxer, world bantamweight and featherweight champion. circa 1900s

Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway, Central London
Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway in Central London. One man stands in fighting pose, with his fists clenched. Another man holds a placard with the words: Bog Off Thatcher

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

German cartoon, three allies in the stocks, WW1
First World War cartoon, showing the German view of the allies France, Britain and Russia, seen here in the stocks, with lists of the territory claimed by the Central Powers. Date: December 1917

Winston Churchill making a speech in 1941
Clenched fists as Mr Churchill tells of the trials of Londoners during the heavy winter Blitz. 1941 Date: 1941

Knees versus knuckles - handshake
Should hands be clasped in prayer or clenched in aggression? A visual rumination on how hands can express peace, anger and reconciliation or friendship. Date: 19th century

Christmas card in the shape of a boxing glove (open), with a turkey and a pudding having a fight. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Thomas Winter, Boxer
Thomas Winter, or Tom Spring, became Englands heavyweight champion in 1818. He was nicknamed the " Light Tapper" because of his silky footwork Date: (1795 - 1851)

Man yawning and stretching on a train as he reaches his destination. Date: circa 1960s

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

The Prize Fight, 1814 and 1914
Depictions of the Prize Fight, of 1814 (above) and of 1914 (below). In the earlier version there is as much fighting in the crowd as there is in the boxing ring. Date: July 1914

A sandwich board man incurs the wrath of an enraged man, seemingly furious that the price of boots (made by Biggar and Biggar ) has gone up! The humorous caption read: " Put em up

A Boxer (Pugillatore) - Statue in the Vatican Museum Date: circa 1904

Japan - Geisha girls mock fighting
Japan - Geisha girls at play. They may be either mock fighting (the geisha on the left appears to have balled fists) or possibly playing scissors-paper-rock, which originated in Japan

Dispute in a rail carriage
A fight breaks out among business men in a train carriage, who are debating fiscal retaliation. 1903

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Noisy neighbours
A man sits alone in his living room, shaking his fists at the ceiling above, where his neighbours are having a noisy party. His newspaper has been crumpled up and thrown to the floor in disgust

Police & Men about Town
Some young men-about-town are apprehended by a policeman. One of the men foolishly holds up his fists ready to fight, but the policeman is armed with a truncheon

Boys at Start of Fight
Two boys with their fists up at the beginning of a (mock) fight outside in the garden

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