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Old Master Paintings Wednesday 3 July 2013 at 2pm New Bond Street, London Old Master Paintings | 1 2 | Bonhams Old Master Paintings | 1 2 | Bonhams Old Master Paintings Wednesday 3 July 2013, at 2pm New Bond Street, London Bonhams Enquiries International Director Customer Services 101 New Bond Street +44 (0) 20 7468 8307 David Dallas Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm London W1S 1SR [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7468 8336 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 www.bonhams.com [email protected] Specialists Please see back of catalogue Viewing Andrew McKenzie Consultant for important notice to bidders Saturday 29 June 12noon to 5pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 Brian Koetser Sunday 30 June 11am to 5pm [email protected] Illustrations Monday 1 July 9am to 4.30pm Global Director, Front cover: 30 (detail) Tuesday 2 July 9am to 4.30pm Caroline Oliphant Picture Sales Back cover: 67 (detail) Wednesday 3 July 9am to 12pm +44 (0) 20 7468 8271 Jonathan Horwich Inside front cover: 58 & 64 (details) [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7468 8280 Inside back cover: 16 & 77 (details) Sale number: 20612 [email protected] Lisa Greaves Catalogue: £25 +44 (0) 20 7468 8325 [email protected] Bids +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Carlotta Mascherpa +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8307 To bid via the internet please [email protected] visit www.bonhams.com Poppy Harvey-Jones Please note that bids should be +44 (0) 20 7468 8308 submitted no later than 24 hours [email protected] before the sale. 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Coronation Road Park Royal, London NW10 7QP ▲ Bonhams owns the lot Tel: +44 (0) 87 0811 3867 either wholly or partially or Hours of opening 9.30am to may otherwise have an 4.30pm Monday to Friday economic interest. 1 1 had fought Broughton on the 17 February 1741 in a fairground booth Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756-1827) on Tottenham Court Road. Unfortunately, Stevenson died a few days A boxing match with a large crowd gathered after his 45-minute fight. Drawn up in order to prevent a recurrence bears signature and date ‘Rowlandson 1786.’ (lower right) of this unfortunate incident and published on 16 August 1743, pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on laid paper ‘Broughton’s Rules’ applied to the bare-knuckle Prize Ring and included 28.6 x 36.9cm (11 ¼ x 14 ½in). ‘That no person is to hit his adversary when he is down, or seize him £5,000 - 7,000 by the ham, the breeches, or any part below the waist; a man on his €5,900 - 8,200 knees to be reckoned down’. Broughton also advocated the use of US$7,600 - 11,000 boxing gloves. Boxing was a subject that Rowlandson depicted on a number of Nonetheless, much was still left to the discretion of referees during occasions in his prints and watercolours. The sport enjoyed an Georgian boxing matches. Rounds were not of a fixed length but unprecedented surge in popularity during the Regency period when it continued until one of the fighters was knocked or thrown to the was openly patronised by the Prince Regent (later George IV) and his ground. Those in his corner were then allowed 30 seconds to return him brothers. Championship boxing matches acquired a louche reputation to the “scratch” – the middle of the ring – failing which his opponent as the places to be seen by the wealthy upper classes. A match would was declared the victor. Broughton’s rules were universally used until often be attended by thousands of people, as depicted by the crowd of 1838. He died in 1789, aged 85, and was buried in Westminster Abbey spectators in this watercolour, many of whom had wagered money on in recognition of his contribution to English boxing. the outcome. Further examples of Rowlandson’s boxing subjects dating to a similar The present watercolour seems to be a unique composition. Here period as the present lot include a watercolour in the Mellon Collection Rowlandson is probably not reproducing an actual bout, but rather dating from 1787 and a slight sketch of a boxing match by him in the imagining a fight between the English champion John Broughton collection of the British Museum, dated 1785-90. Although Broughton’s (on the left) and an unidentified opponent. Broughton is particularly last fight in 1750 predates our watercolour, he was still considered an remembered for introducing ‘Broughton’s Rules’ after an accident in the important figure in boxing circles and indeed a mezzotint of Broughton ring.