The Great Fight

Pierce Egan|William Chester Walker|Tom Shelton|Tom Brown ("Big Brown" of Bridgnorth)|George Cruikshank

1824 · Woodcut and letter press · Drawings and Prints

This column, decorated with a small woodcut, appeared in Pierce Egan's newspaper "Life in London. The text describes a boxing match between Tom Brown and Tom Shelton, in 1824 at Plumb Park, near Stoney Stratford, sixty miles from London. The image shows two pugilists stripped to the waist, accompanied by their seconds, with a bottleman and referee. The text notes that distance from London, and competing interest in another match, limited London spectators to about 50.

Artist

Pierce Egan|William Chester Walker|Tom Shelton|Tom Brown ("Big Brown" of Bridgnorth)|George Cruikshank

Date

1824

Medium

Woodcut and letter press

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970