The Great Fight
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This column, decorated with a small woodcut, appeared in Pierce Egan's newspaper "Life in London. The text describes a boxing match between Tom Brown and Tom Shelton, in 1824 at Plumb Park, near Stoney Stratford, sixty miles from London. The image shows two pugilists stripped to the waist, accompanied by their seconds, with a bottleman and referee. The text notes that distance from London, and competing interest in another match, limited London spectators to about 50.
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