Hand-colored etching of the contest between boxers Abraham Belasco and Jack Randall. The text reads : "This fight took place at Shepperton-Point near Oatlands, on Tuesday Septr. 30, 1817, in a 24 Feet ring, for 50 Guineas a side; and after a contest of 54 Minutes was decided in favor of Randall. The Morning Chronicle, Bell's Weekly Dispatch, Ducket's and other Newspapers, state this fight to have been, on both sides, the finest display of Science and bodily activity witnessed for many Years." Etching by Charles Williams. Published London: S. W. Fores.
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