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William Dent
active 1783- 1793
School for boxing
Published
[London] : Pub'd ... for the proprietor by W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street and W. Dickie, No. 195 Strand, 6 February 1788.
etching
image: 175 x 345 mm; sheet: 247 x 350 mm
Peel 1658
Notes
Probably by William Dent, who created a number of caricatures issued by print publishers William Moore and W. Dickie.
Caption title.
Below caption title: Opened for instructing Gentlemen, on the lowest terms, in the noble Art of Pugilism ... Pupils made complete Masters of the most fashionable Blows in a few days by Master Humphreys ... Such Gentlemen as are prevented by weak constitutions from taking a lesson may be qualified for ... polite assemblies with artifical [sic] bloody noses & black eyes.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Caption title.
Below caption title: Opened for instructing Gentlemen, on the lowest terms, in the noble Art of Pugilism ... Pupils made complete Masters of the most fashionable Blows in a few days by Master Humphreys ... Such Gentlemen as are prevented by weak constitutions from taking a lesson may be qualified for ... polite assemblies with artifical [sic] bloody noses & black eyes.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows a boxing school where a student, effete and dandified, and his muscular instructor (possibly intended to represent Richard Humphries), are engaged in a lesson; several thin and bewigged men stand nearby; one man, seated on a stool, seems to be suffering a loss of breath, while another another man is having paint applied to his eyes to give them the appearance of being blackened. The image is surrounded by simple floral border, incorporating images of bleeding noses, brandished fists, and blackened eyes.
Associated names
Moore, William, active 1784-1793, publisher.
Dickie, W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Dickie, W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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