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[James John Corbett, full-length portrait, standing, facing right; with fists raised] – Antique Photo Print

[James John Corbett, full-length portrait, standing, facing right; with fists raised], c1893. — historic photograph
[James John Corbett, full-length portrait, standing, facing right; with fists raised], c1893.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [James John Corbett, full-length portrait, standing, facing right; with fists raised], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Shown full length and standing with his fists raised, James J. Corbett is posed in the guarded stance that made him famous. Known as "Gentleman Jim," he was a heavyweight who favored footwork and defensive skill over brute force, and in 1892 he won the heavyweight title from John L. Sullivan in New Orleans under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. Studio portraits like this one, issued by a Chicago photographer around 1893, helped boxers build public images at a time when prizefighting drew wide attention but was often illegal and controversial.

Created / publishedc1893.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by W.M. Morrison, Chicago. No. 23.
SubjectsCorbett, James J.,--1866-1933.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan950 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-162430

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