English gentleman in a bare-knuckle boxing match, Regency era. Timid Tom Takeall in the ring supported by boxing coach Moulsey Hurst. Bottles of wine in the ring. Taking Courage. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Henry Brooke after a drawing by Richard Dagley from Takings, or the Life of A Collegian, John Warren, London, 1821.

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