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The Gig Shop or Kicking up a Breese at Nell Hamiltons Hop, 16 Feburary 1811

 Item — Box: LF100 Box 1
Reference code: LF100/50
The Gig Shop or Kicking up a Breese at Nell Hamiltons Hop, 16 Feburary 1811
The Gig Shop or Kicking up a Breese at Nell Hamiltons Hop, 16 Feburary 1811

Scope and Contents

A hand-coloured print of a boxing match between two men in a former dance hall. The man on the left is stripped to the waist and faces a man in shirt sleeves. Both men display signs of harm with blood dripping. The audience comprises both men and women; the woman on the left has fainted and is administered smelling salts by a man. Meanwhile, on the right, a fight ensues between two women who pull one another's hair. A fiddler and a French horn player play from a balcony, top right. Inscribed in the plate: 'Tegg's Caricatures No 56 / Pubd Feby 16 1811 by Thos Tegg No 111 Cheapside Price one shilling / Rowlandson Del'. Description from Royal Collection Trust.

Dates

  • Creation: 16 Feburary 1811

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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