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"A Private Turn-Up in the Drawing-Room of a Noble Marquis" from Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821)
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"A Private Turn-Up in the Drawing-Room of a Noble Marquis" from Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821)
Original Image Dimensions 12"x8"
Source The Duncan Wu Collection
Description Boxing matches were outlawed in London but they were often held, privately, in the homes of wealthy aristocrats who had nothing to fear from the forces of law and order.