Charles Williams - The Boxing Baroness

The Boxing Baroness

"The Boxing Baroness" by Charles Williams: This original etching portrays the notorious Lady Barrymore in full pugilistic stance. This Fashionably dressed woman in the mode of 1819 was an actual boxer. Lady Barrymore and her husband, the Seventh Earl Barrymore were both amateur boxers. "The Boxing Baroness" represents one of the most remarkable early works of art dealing with the sport of boxing.

This original etching was created by Charles Williams in 1819. It is very scarce and only a handful of impressions are known to exist. Each impression was hand-coloured before being offered for sale.

Original Hand - Coloured Stipple & Etching by the 19th century British artist, Charles Williams.

The Boxing Baroness

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Title:	The Boxing Baroness
Artist:	Williams, Charles (London, active, 1797 - 1830)
Date:	March 1819
Medium:	Original Hand-Coloured Etching
Publisher:	S. W. Fores, Piccadilly
Printer:	James Johnson, Cheapside, London
Note:	Charles Williams: A prime English satirical artist and caricaturist of the early nineteenth century, the etchings of Charles Williams have often been compared to those of his contemporary, James Gillray. Charles Williams worked almost exclusively for the London printseller and publisher, S. W. Fores, providing satirical etchings for most of his literary publications. "The Boxing Baroness", for example, was the frontis-piece etching for the eleventh issue of the "Bon Ton Magazine", which appeared in March of 1819. Charles Williams was also the illustrator of such well known books as, "Dr. Syntax in Paris" (1820).
Note:	"The Boxing Baroness" represents one of the most remarkable early works of art dealing with the sport of boxing. Fashionably dressed in the mode of 1819, the etching depicts a woman in full pugilistic stance. Even more remarkable is that this etching portrays an actual boxer. Lady Barrymore, who was married to the Seventh Earl Barrymore. Both the Earl and his wife were amateur boxers. Lady Barrymore was widowed at quite an early age but continued to fight on alone. She is reported to have led quite a riotous life, dying of drink in Charles Court, Drury Lane, in 1832.
Raisonne:	M. Dorothy George, Catalogue of Political and Personal Satire, The British Museum, London, 1949, Vol. IX.
	Catalogue # 13362, First and Only State.
Source:	The New Bon Ton Magazine
Size:	6 1/4 X 4 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins as published in London in 1819 by S. W. Fores. This is a fine, bright impression containing original, unfaded hand-colouring and in excellent condition throughout. "The Boxing Baroness" stands as an important example of early British satirical and sporting art.
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