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  • The seated skeleton of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.
  • A skeleton wrestling with a man, the man seems to be winning. Engraving by R. Livesay after W. Hogarth.
  • A skeleton (death) wrestling with a man, the skeleton seems to be winning. Engraving by R. Livesay after W. Hogarth.
  • Two men are testing their strength against one another by finger-wrestling. Coloured lithograph by J.B. Zwinger after M. Föhn, 1826.
  • The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.
  • The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.
  • Cats in human dress playing a variety of games, including arm wrestling and tug of war. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa IV, 1870s.
  • Cats in human dress playing a variety of games, including arm wrestling and tug of war. Colour woodcut by Kunimasa IV, 1870s.
  • Lip kissing, tit clamping, bottom spanking, thigh slapping, leather wearing, rubber stretching, arse licking, bath taking, body beating, hard wanking, butch wrestling ... : safer sex... it's the real thing / produced by Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster & Brent Health Promotion Unit in conjunction with West London Health Promotion Agency.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • male wrestles physical
  • Two naked men wrestle and box. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • An Indian deity wrestles with an elephant. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1650(?).
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • An Indian deity wrestles with a white horse. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1650(?).
  • Jacob wrestles with the angel on a hilltop. Etching with aquatint by R. Earlom, 1766, after S. Rosa.
  • Two naked men face one another, grapple, one forces the other to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.