Regency dandies and gamblers traveling to a bare-knuckle boxing match. Fight between Jack Randall and Jack Martin near Copthorne. Road to a Fight Plate 1. Men of traffic 1, men of plunder 2, real lovers of the sport 3, Bill Gibbons and the binders 4, real fancys 5, queer fancy 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Henry Alken from Real Life in London, or, the Further Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin The Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis, Jones, London 1821. Anonymous imitation of Pierce Egan’s Life in London.

---

Size: 7555px × 4313px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1, adventures, alken, aquatint, aristocracy, bare-knuckle, bill, binders, bob, boxing, caricature, comedy, copperplate, copthorne, cousin, dandies, dashall, engraving, era, esq., fancys, fans, fight, gamblers, georgian, gibbons, handcoloured, henry, hon., illustration, jack, life, lifestyle, london, martin, match, metropolis, plate, rambles, randall, real, regency, road, slumming, sport, tallyho, tom, travel