£80
Boxing - early boxing hand coloured lithograph print, Cribb & Thomas Tom Molineaux, this print represents the start of a famous boxing match between the English champion Thomas Cribb, and his African-American challenger Tom Molineaux, on September 28, 1811 at Thistleton Gap in Rutland. Molineaux had crossed the Atlantic to pursue a boxing career and may formerly have been enslaved, the two men had fought first on December 3, 1810 at Shenington Hollow, Oxfordshire, with Molineaux defeated after 35 rounds in a disputed decision, their return match, shown here, attracted at least 15,000 spectators including many members of the nobility, unframed, 37cm x 27cm
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