MDDM Ch. 38 "the great Figg" (389.14)

[jbor]

James Figg (d. 1736) English fencer and pugilist, born at Thame, who gave
displays of quarterstaff, fencing and boxing in Marylebone, and ran a booth
at Southwark, is regarded as one of the greatest of 18th century sporting
figures. He is portrayed in Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress' and 'Southwark
Fair'.

Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress':

http://www.the-webonline.com/archive/rakes/body.html

(Perhaps the quarterstaff instructor in Plate II?)

And 'Southwark Fair':

http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/hogarth/hogarth12.html


Nice Hogarth sites here:

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/hogarth/main.html

http://www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk/hogarth/hogarthgallery.html

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