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Description: | French-born Wendela Boreel studied art at London's Slade School under Henry Tonks. She also attended Sickert's evening classes at the Westminster Technical Institute and is regarded as one of his most talented pupils.
Boreel was a skilled etcher. Her subject matter included portraits, landscapes, townscapes, and figures. She gave this print an alternative title, inscribing another copy with the words 'My very first etching - The Ring, Blackfriars'.
Blackfriars Ring was a popular London boxing arena. Built in 1783, the octagonal building was originally the Surrey Chapel.
Former British lightweight champion and boxing promoter Dick Burge bought the disused building in 1910. He and his wife Bella staged many boxing matches there, contestants including well-known fighters such as Len Johnson, Jack Drummond, Alf Mancini, Jack Hood and the legendary Ted 'Kid' Lewis.
After Burge's death, Bella managed Blackfriars Ring until it was destroyed during an air raid in 1940. At the end of the 20th century, The Ring public house was all that remained of the historic boxing location. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Digital image Museum of London | Subjects: | Leisure Sport Art and Design | Temporal: | c. 1910 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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