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  • [Undated handbill advertising an unparalleled programme of holiday entertainments at Alexandra Palace on Boxing Day].
  • [Undated handbill advertising an unparalleled programme of holiday entertainments at Alexandra Palace on Boxing Day].
  • South London Palace : Boxing night & every evening / Proprietors, E. Poole & H. Ulph, Jun.
  • South London Palace : Boxing night & every evening / Proprietors, E. Poole & H. Ulph, Jun.
  • Two men boxing. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men boxing. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • A young man demonstrating a position in boxing. Photograph, 19--.
  • A young man demonstrating a position in boxing. Photograph, 19--.
  • Two men boxing, one falls on mattress. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men boxing, one falls on mattress. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • John Broughton, "the founder of the British school of boxing". Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • A man posing naked in a boxing stance with his fists raised, on a deserted beach.
  • Creatures with strange faces and bodies engaging in a boxing match in front of a crowd. Etching.
  • A boxing match in Tonga witnessed by Captain Cook. Engraving by J. Taylor, 1782, after J. Webber, 1778.
  • Two men in posing pouches and boxing gloves stand, facing one another, arms raised, exchanging blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Debauched monkeys revelling in a dingy tavern as two have a boxing match. Coloured lithograph by T. Fairland after E. Bristow.
  • A bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1815.
  • Two men in posing pouches and boxing gloves stand, facing one another, arms raised: one hits the other's left shoulder then backs away. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two impressions of a personified condom boxing a figure wearing a vest bearing the words 'HIV' and 'AIDS'; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Amfar (American Foundation for AIDS Research) in Nepali. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • People in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard. Etching by J. Barlow, 1789, after S. Collings.
  • Two bare-chested gay men in boxer shorts, one placing a hand with a boxing glove in the groin area of the other man; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for gay and bisexual men by the Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske. Lithograph by Robin Skjoldborg, ca. 1995.
  • Boxing night and until further notice : special engagement of Herr Joseph Drasal, the Tyrolese Giant, aged 32 years, the tallest man in the world, measuring eight feet four inches also Colonel D. Ulpts, the Tyrolese Midget, aged 22 years, measuring 34 inches high. First appearance in England / South London Palace, London Road, near the Elephant & Castle ... under the sole management of Mr. H. Ulph, Jun.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.