Wrestler Gallery

Cartoon impression of the Russo-Japanese War 3 of 5

Card 3 of 5 - The Wrestlers'. A cartoon interpretation of the Russo-Japanese war, acted out by the principal ruling individuals from the International Community. The Russo-Japanese War was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, and the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. Japan inflicted a series of stunning defeats on the Russian Navy, principally at Tsushima in May 1905. In this third card, Tsar Nicholas II and the Japanese Emperor wrestle with each other whilst the International community watches on, forming up behind the side they are supporting

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A crowd of people gathered to watch a Cornish wrestling match at an unknown location, Cornwall. 1970

An open air wrestling match, with a crowd of people watching, some of whom are sitting on hay bales. There is a stickler (referee) in the ring and the two wrestlers, wearing the traditional jackets, are in a clinch with one about to put the other on the ground. Flood lights are strung across the circle. Photographer: Charles Woolf

© RIC, photographer Charles Woolf

Ancient boxing gloves or caestus

Boxing gloves or caestus, showing ways that Lottatori fighters bound their hands for combat. 1,2,3 from the Maffei Museum, and 4,5 from an ancient urn in St. Stefano church, Piscinola. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802. Date:

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