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Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier, 1914Front 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 JohnAfter a brief spell as a middleweight boxer, Edwin John (1905-1978) pursued a career as an artist. Date: 1931
TONGAN BOXING 1870Pugilism in the Pacific as a crowd of Tongans fight during the Tow Tow festival. Date: 1870
Jack Johnson and his first wifeJack 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 perioGreek art. Boeotian Late Geometric pedestalled krater with boxing match. From Thebes, c. 690-670 BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece
Pat O Keefe, WW1British 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, 1914Front cover of the Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of the much-publicised boxing match at Olympia between the Frenchman
Street Fight by George RansteadDrawing 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)