BOXING JOHNSON V JEFFERIES C.1910 PENCIL

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Description: THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE IN 1910 ON THE 4TH JULY AND WAS WON BY JOHNSON, AN EVENT THAT TRIGGERED RACE RIOTS BEING THE FIRST BLACK TO HOLD THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE.tHIS DRAWING IS BY WILLIAM BEATTIE BROWN JNR, AN EDINBURGH ARTIST WHO IS RECORDED AS WORKING IN THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF THE 20TH C. IT CAME FROMA A FOLIO OF DRAWINGS BY THE ARTIST.THE FOLIO WAS SIGNED BUT NONE OF THE DRAWINGS.THE DRAWING IS IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION, ON FLIMSY PAPER WITH A FEINT VERTICAL CREASE THAT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM THE WORK.BOXING PICTURES OF THIS PERIOD ARE NOT COMMON

Status: For Sale	Reference#: s38900i2106
Condition: n/a	Year: unknown
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Title: BOXING JOHNSON V JEFFERIES C.1910 PENCIL

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