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  • Two boys selling matches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • An old lady selling matches, with boat masts in the background. Soft-ground etching, 1801.
  • A boy seated at a street corner at night selling boxes of matches from a tray on his lap. Wood engraving by R. Bong, 1890.
  • Little match-girl from Hans Christian Anderson.
  • Grand entry at a subscription sumo match. Colour woodcut by Kuniteru II, early 1870s.
  • Grand entry at a subscription sumo match. Colour woodcut by Kuniteru II, early 1870s.
  • Spectators watching a wrestling match in a street in Turkey (?). Watercolour by an European artist.
  • A wrestling match watched by both Indian and English spectators. Engraving by an Indian artist,18--.
  • 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.
  • Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
  • The kick-off at an American football match, representing the first Glaxo Wellcome bond issue. Drawing by O. Copplestone, 1995.
  • The kick-off at an American football match, representing the first Glaxo Wellcome bond issue. Drawing by O. Copplestone, 1995.
  • Debauched monkeys revelling in a dingy tavern as two have a boxing match. Coloured lithograph by T. Fairland after E. Bristow.
  • An American sailor looking at a prostitute with a warning to use a condom as a protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Lithographic match-book cover.
  • 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.
  • The jousting match at the Hôtel des Tournelles in Paris in 1559, in which Henri II of France loses his life. Etching by J. Perrissin, ca. 1570.
  • A blind man at a football match in London, following the game using a board representing a pitch and players, assisted by the board's inventor. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • Two Indian men sitting cross-legged; one appears to be a barber and is shaving the front of the other's head, presumably to match his own hairstyle. Photograph.
  • An old lady in a pharmacy misunderstanding the use of a thermometer: she thinks the ambient temperature will adjust to match a setting on the thermometer, rather than vice versa. Wood engraving after C. Keene, 1887.
  • A man and woman in football attire against a red and black fabric background with the direction of play on a football pitch outlined in white; an advertisement for an AIDS benefit woman's football match on 21 December at the Bessa stadium. Colour lithograph by António Pinto, ca. 1990's.
  • A ram: evenly matched ovate testicles
  • Four performers known as "Madcaps" pose for a portrait in matching costumes.
  • Four performers known as "Madcaps" pose for a portrait in matching costumes.
  • Two actors in drag, performing in character; wearing matching costume. Photograph, 191-.
  • Two actors in drag, performing in character; wearing matching costume. Photograph, 191-.
  • Two Chinese tunics and matching scarves embroidered with dragons and clouds. Gouache painting.
  • A group of hospital staff, including nurses wearing matching straw hats, standing outdoors. Photograph.
  • Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, in a photographic studio.
  • Bartlett and Ross in drag pose in profile, with matching hair and make-up. Photographic postcard, 1937/1938.