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Boxing [ Games & Sports ]
… that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and … that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various discourses shaped it as a science and as an art in the context of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Boxing became increasingly associated to a conservative and … boxing match – enabled the confusion of social classes, the middling-class mixing with the rank-and-file. Boxing as an art & a science The rules of prizefighting The growing popularity of boxing in the mid-eighteenth century coincided with …
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Ascot [ Games & Sports / Sports & Leisure ]
… Image The Illustrated London News (London, vol. 2, Jan-Jun 1843, p. 438). Image James Smyth, Frederick, ‘Pic-nic Party, At Ascot Races’, The Illustrated London News (London, vol.1, Jan-Jun 1844, p. 368) Image James Pollard, ‘The Ascot … v. 2 (Apr. -Sept. 1793), opposite page 52. Abstract Inauguré en 1711 par la reine Anne, l’hippodrome d'Ascot fit partie de ces lieux de rendez-vous préférés de la société britannique du XVIIIe siècle. L’évolution de l’architecture du … de nouvelles formes de sociabilité. Site révélateur des mœurs britanniques, Ascot attira la curiosité des voyageurs, artistes et écrivains au-delà des frontières nationales. Nous nous intéresserons ici aux pratiques qui firent d’Ascot un …
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Boxiana (1821) [ Practices ]
… screwed on rather FAST, but the right way; i. e. if he is not exactly in danger of having it knocked off , he should be particularly careful to avoid any SCREWS being loose about it. It has been frequently observed by connoisseurs , when criticising the paintings of several eminent artists, that the HEADS of their works do not belong to their bodies ! the same thing is also to be discovered in real … science and tactics the pugilist's NOB soon becomes a mere dummy in the hands of his opponent. A boxer without a HEART is an impostor indeed! But such things cannot be; a fighting man without the above pendulum , which moves or is at …
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Horseracing [ Games & Sports ]
… Image Thomas Rowlandson, ‘The Bookmaker and his Client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket’, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.327, undated. Image John Wootton's Horse Race at Newmarket (The Duke of Bolton's … (Old Wyndham) at Newmarket on either 12th November 1712 or 4th April 1713 (1713). National Trust/Petworth/Lord Egremont/ArtUK/PCF. Abstract Racing, Britain’s first proto-modern, widely-followed national sport, opens a window into wider … already existed alongside private races on local moors, downs or floodplains. 1 Meeting numbers grew with the Stuarts’ love of the sport. Over the 1700s horse racing became by far the best-organized, best-supported, most high-status, …
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Foxhunting [ Games & Sports ]
… that had made hunting a noble pursuit for centuries. In contrast to other coveted quarry – deer, boar, pheasant, partridge, and hare – the fox’s flesh is unpalatable and inedible; and unlike other animals of prey, the fox poses no … status that had made hunting a noble pursuit for centuries. In contrast to other coveted quarry - deer, boar, pheasant, partridge and hare - the fox's flesh is unpalatable and inedible; and unlike other animals of prey, the fox poses no … it was an honour to be executed by the most senior person present, and the carcass of the slayed deer was dissected and carted away following strict social conventions. For the low-status fox, whilst hunted on foot and with traps and snares, …
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