World title boxer, Jack Johnson, 1908 / drawn by Norman Lindsay
World title boxer, Jack Johnson, 1908 / drawn by Norman Lindsay
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Author / Creator
Date
1908
Call Numbers
SV/199
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - 32 x 25.5 cm - black pen & ink, on paper
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Level of description
Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder : H, C, & A. Glad
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Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy H, C, and A Glad
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Scope and Contents
Contents
On the right, three Aborigines watch as an open car, left, passes. Jack Johnson sits next to the driver and two men sit in the back, probably Tommy Burns and Hugh McIntosh, with moustache and cigar. Three of the men look sideways at the Aborigines but McIntosh's eyes look away.
Alternative Titles
Full title
World title boxer, Jack Johnson, 1908 / drawn by Norman Lindsay
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed, lower centre: "Norman Lindsay"
Alphanumeric designations
Bulletin number (?) 16334 -- in blue pencil, lower right hand corner
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Bay East Auctions, 24 July 2011, Lot 69
Administrative / Biographical history
The fight between heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Canadian Tommy Burns, and African American boxer Jack Johnson, was billed at the time as "The Fight of the Century".
On Boxing Day, 26 December 1908, the fight was held in the new temporary stadium (not the later Sydney landmark) built at Rushcutters Bay, attracting between 20 and 2...
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Call Numbers
SV/199
Record Identifier
n88EJzvn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n88EJzvn
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Reference code
937439
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