Not on display

I Will Fight

Oil Painting
1824 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

I Will Fight celebrates boxing as a significant manifestation of national character among the boys and youths of Britain.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleI Will Fight (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'I Will Fight', Philip Simpson, 1824
Physical description
I Will Fight celebrates boxing as a significant manifestation of national character among the boys and youths of Britain.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 76.1cm
  • Estimate width: 64.7cm
  • Framed height: 101.5cm
  • Framed width: 88cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend
Object history
Bequeathed by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend, 1868
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 264
Collection
Accession number
1395-1869

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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