Charles Turner After T Blake, The Interior Of The Fives Court

Charles Turner After T Blake, The Interior Of The Fives CourtThis early 19th century hand coloured engraving depicts a monumentous boxing match between Ned "The Out and Outer" Turner and Jack "The Prime Irish Lad" Randall. It took place in 1818 at Fives Court, London in front of 20,000 spectators. As you can imagine, the brawl was barbaric with 34 rounds spread over 2 hours and 21 minutes. Randall ultimately claimed the title newspaper reports described the bout: 13. Randall put in a desperate snorter and the

while The British Museum holds several drawings

It’s beautifully rendered

1888Condition: Overall very presentable

Year of creation: 1925

rouged around the cheeks

the figures are awash with bright colours

drawing our attention and creating a narrative

It’s a painting of two halves with our view split between the dense woodland on the right and the light blue sky on the left

Berkes studied at The Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and his paintings were exhibited at the Ottó Herman Museum

derived primarily through literature

The painting is signed in the lower right and housed within a fine period frame with shell centres and pierced foliate corners

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