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BOXING / PUGILIST INTEREST: AFTER THOMAS ROWLANDSON: 'THE FAMOUS BATTLE BETWEEN THOMAS JOHNSON AND MICHAEL RYAN, Published by W. Fores, 1789, London. 39cm x 32cm Mounted in a frame and glazed. 57cm x 50cm

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BOXING / PUGILIST INTEREST: AFTER THOMAS ROWLANDSON: 'THE FAMOUS BATTLE BETWEEN THOMAS JOHNSON AND MICHAEL RYAN, Published by W. Fores, 1789, London. 39cm x 32cm Mounted in a frame and glazed. 57cm x 50cm

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