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James Gillray
1756-1815
The famous battle between Richard Humphreys & Daniel Mendoza, fought at Odiham in Hampshire, January 9th, 1788 ...
etching
image: 262 x 389 mm; sheet: 320 x 404 mm
Peel 2683
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
The etched inscriptions at the bottom of the plate identified the characters in the design, along with description of scene and Latin motto.
Summary:
"Humphreys on the left, Mendoza on the right, squaring up in a boxing pen, with Trink in the left foreground holding a bottle, Jonson behind Humphreys, Moravia and Allen standing with pocket watches on the left and Jacobs and Isaacs standing behind Mendoza, a large crowd of spectators below."--British Museum online catalogue.
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