Key to the picture of the fancy going to a fight at Moulsey-Hurst : dedicated, by permission, to Mr. Jackson and the Pugilistic Club / designed and etched by I.R. Cruickshank, under the direction of P. Egan.
Published / Created:
London : Published by R. Jones, and sold by all booksellers and printsellers in the United Kingdom, 1819.[London] : Marchant, printer, Ingram-Court, Fenchurch-Street, [1819]
Physical Description:
36 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1135 .C78 1819aYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View the catalog record for Cruikshank's panorama, Going to a fight
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3605051
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Written description of a panorama (measuring 14 feet) showing the fancy on the way to a prize fight. Identifies places and people along the panorama.The panorama was published as: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Going to a fight : the sporting world in all its variety of style and costume along the road from Hyde Park Corner to Moulsey Hurst. -- London : Pubd. by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1819. See link provided herewith.With a wood-engraved vignette on title page.Hartley, R.A. Boxing books, 589Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 307BEIN: From the collection of Herbert B. Lazarus; bookplate of Albert M. Cohn.BAC: British Art Center copy in publisher's original printed paper wrappers. Publisher's advertisements on back cover. Armorial bookplate: R.N.H. Moore Stevens.
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Boxing. | Boxing -- England -- Pictorial works. | Boxing -- England. | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Jones, R., -- Publisher. | Marchant, -- Printer. | Stevens, R.N.H. Moore -- Bookplate. | Cohn, Albert M. (Albert Mayer) -- Bookplate. | Lazarus, Herbert B. -- Ownership.
