Boxing RULES to be observed in all battles on the stage, engraved broadside print, 1743 art poster canvas gift Raphus cucullatus antique poster 1881 - July 28

1881 - July 28

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By 1863 it was selling at over 300

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Boxing RULES to be observed in all battles on the stage, engraved broadside print, 1743 art poster canvas gift Raphus cucullatus antique poster 1881 - July 28RULES to be observed in all battles on the stage. As agreed by several gentlemen at Broughton's Amphitheatre, Tottenham Court Road, August 16th 1743. A rare Georgian hand coloured broadside print detailing rules for boxing matches. The central image of an open air match is surrounded by four vignettes of sparring boxers, with rules printed below. Broadside a large paper sheet, printed on one side. Historically they were posters plastered on walls,