Form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques

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George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 190-.

Two wrestlers facing off. Photographic postcard by Walery, 190-.

Two naked men face one another, grapple, one forces the other to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Ferdinand Gruhn and George Hackenschmidt performing a wrestling move. Process print, 19--.

Sarawak: two Kayans wrestling. Photograph.

The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.

Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.

Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Giovanni Raicevich, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Page 79: a pair a wrestlers with referee. Watercolour drawing.

Page 83: wrestlers. Watercolour drawing.

Free! If you act at once : my outline courses, telling the secrets of jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, balancing and performing feats of strength ... / Charles Atlas.

Two naked men face one another and grapple: one lifts the other, swinging him round his body on to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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Wrestling

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Page 83: wrestlers. Watercolour drawing.

Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.

The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.

Free! If you act at once : my outline courses, telling the secrets of jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, balancing and performing feats of strength ... / Charles Atlas.

Two naked men face one another and grapple: one lifts the other, swinging him round his body on to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Wrestling

Images from the collections

Images referencing Wrestling

Works from the collections

Page 83: wrestlers. Watercolour drawing.

Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.

The wrestler Constant Lavaux "le Boucher" performing a wrestling move on George Hackenschmidt by holding him upside down. Process print after Walery, 190-.

Free! If you act at once : my outline courses, telling the secrets of jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling, balancing and performing feats of strength ... / Charles Atlas.

Two naked men face one another and grapple: one lifts the other, swinging him round his body on to the ground then lowers himself on top of him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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