{"id":392,"date":"2013-10-09T16:38:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/finearts\/?p=392"},"modified":"2013-10-09T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T21:38:46","slug":"sporting-portraits-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/finearts\/2013\/10\/09\/sporting-portraits-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting Portraits Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicknames and Stylish Hair: all a day in the life of a bare-knuckle boxer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take a moment to explore images from the Sporting Portraits collection<\/a>.\u00a0 This collection contains over 350 photographs, prints, broadsides, clippings, and hand-drawn illustrations from the mid-18th<\/sup>\u00a0to the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries.\u00a0 These portraits captured the likeness of more than 100 American, British, and Irish boxers.<\/p>\n

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John L. Sullivan<\/p><\/div>\n

The nicknames and facial hair alone are worth a look through this collection.\u00a0 Who can resist the classic masculinity of handlebar mustaches?\u00a0 Peter Maher and John C. Heenan wear them well.<\/p>\n

Mustaches aside, a few tough women held their own in this rough sport, one such notable being Bertha Frances.<\/p>\n

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Bertha Frances<\/p><\/div>\n

What good is a boxer without an equally intimidating nickname?<\/p>\n