Details
Contributor Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, engraver.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, artist.
Fenner, Sears & Co., engraver.
Fry, William Thomas, 1789-1843, engraver.
Hollins, William, engraver.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830, artist.
Page, R., engraver.
Page, W. T, engraver.
Parker, George, engraver.
Sherwood, Jones and Co., engraver.
Wildman, John Richard, b. 1785, artist.
Wright, John William, 1802-1848 artist.,
Title Portraits [graphic].
Alternate Title Boxiana: or, Sketches of antient & modern pugilism.
Date [ca. 1804-ca. 1831]
Physical Description 211 prints in 1 album : engravings and steel engravings; album 22 x 14 cm (8.75 x 5.25 in.)
Description Bound volume of portrait plates issued between circa 1804 and 1831 from various publications, including "Mechanics Magazine"; "New British Lady's Magazine"; and the compilation "Boxiana or Sketches of Antient [sic] and Modern Pugilism" (London: George Virtue, 1829). Portraits depict prominent and celebrity European figures, predominantly from Great Britain, including clergymen, legislators, entertainers, scientists and inventors, royalty and pugilists. Plates include full-length, half-length, and bust-length portraiture, with some containing backgrounds, props, or ornate borders. Portraits of religious figures predominantly published by London publishers F. Westley and Westley & Davis and arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Portraits of legislators, celebrity and other prominent figures predominantly published by London publishers Fisher Son & Co. and J. Robins & Co. and arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Portraits of pugilists predominantly published by G. Smeeten and Sherwood, Jones & Co. and most arranged in alphabetical order by sitter's name. Volume also includes a title page and views titled "The John Bull Fighters Splendid Silver Cup" and "A Sparring Match at the Fives Court" from the Pierce Egan's "Boxiana" series originally published in parts in 1813 and later as volumes between 1818 and 1828.
Sitters include reverends George Burder (Senior Secretary of the London Missionary Society), William Milne (Late Missionary to the Chinese), David Stuart (Theological Tutor of the Irish Evangelical), and Robert Vaughan; physician Carl Linnaeus; inventor Sir Richard Arkwright; Queen Caroline; statesman John Wilson Croker; authors Madame De Genlis, Madame De Stael, and Hannah More; (Victoria Mary Louisa) Duchess of Kent; George I, II, III, and IV; performers Josephine Girardelli and Anna Maria Tree; architect Peter Nicholson; Whig politician Thomas Spring Rice; and chemist William Hyde Wollaston. Sitters also include pugilists Peter Crawley; Dick Curtis; Josh Hudson; Tom Owen; Ned Painter; Dutch Sam (i.e., Samuel Elias); Ned Turner; and expatriate, African American pugilists Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneux (portraits on the same page).
Portraits of Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneux show the men in bust-length. Richmond looks slight to the right. He has curly hair and is attired in a patterned shirt with a ruffled collar and a jacket. Molyneux is shown in right profile. He has curly hair and is attired in a shirt with a ruffled collar and a jacket.
Notes Title from stamp on spine.
Inscribed on front free end paper: R. B. bind as arranged.
Pages numbered in ink in upper left corner.
Inscribed on verso of portrait of ‘His Most Gracious Majesty, George Augustus-Frederick The Fourth” (p. 110): On Celebrated Englishmen
Various artists and engravers, including George Cruikshank; Isaac Robert Cruikshank; Fenner, Sears & Co.; W. T. Fry; W. Hollins; Thomas Lawrence; R. Page; W. T. Page; George Parker; Sherwood, Jones & Co.; J. R. Wildman; and J. W. Wright.
Publishers include Knight & Lacey; George Smeeton; F. Westley; Westley & Davis; T. Williams; and Williams & Smith.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Arkwright, Richard, Sir, 1732-1792 -- Portraits.
Burder, George 1752-1832 -- Portraits.
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 -- Portraits.
Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 -- Portraits.
Crawley, Peter -- Portraits.
Curtis, Dick -- Portraits.
Elias, Samuel -- Portraits.
Fuller, William -- Portraits.
Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830 -- Portraits.
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727 -- Portraits.
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 -- Portraits.
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 -- Portraits.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 -- Portraits.
Giradelli, Josephine -- Portraits.
Hudson, Josh -- Portraits.
Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778 -- Portraits.
Milne, William, 1782-1822 -- Portraits.
Molyneux, Tom, 1784-1818 -- Portraits.
Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866 -- Portraits.
More, Hannah, 1745-1833 -- Portraits.
Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844 -- Portraits.
Owen, Tom -- Portraits.
Painter, Ned -- Portraits.
Richmond, Bill, 1763-1829 -- Portraits.
Stael, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 -- Portraits.
Stuart, David -- Portraits.
Tree, Ann Maria, 1801-1862 -- Portraits.
Turner, Ned -- Portraits.
Vaughan, Robert, 1795-1868 -- Portraits.
Victoria Mary Louisa, Duchess of Kent, 1786-1861 -- Portraits.
Wollaston, William Hyde, 1766-1828 -- Portraits.
African American boxers.
Authors -- Europe.
Boxers (Sports) -- Great Britain.
Boxing -- Great Britain.
Clergy -- Europe.
Entertainers -- Europe.
Inventors
Legislators -- Europe.
Rulers -- Europe.
Scientists -- Europe.
Genre Portrait prints -- 1810-1840.
Albums -- 1810-1840.
Engravings -- 1810-1840.
Steel engravings -- 1810-1840.
Printer Knight and Lacey, publisher.
Smeeton, George, active 1800-1828, publisher.
Westley, Frederick, d. 1837, publisher.
Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis (Firm), publisher.
Williams, T., publisher.
Williams and Smith, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums [Uz 3 51278.O]
Accession number 51278.O
Portraits