Two naked men wrestle and box. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Debauched monkeys revelling in a dingy tavern as two have a boxing match. Coloured lithograph by T. Fairland after E. Bristow.

A naked man throws a punch with his right hand then brings his arm back behind him. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange, parry and dodge blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

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