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fighting/brawling

Also known as: fighting/brawling; brawl; brawling; fight; fighting; domestic violence; street fight; street brawl; combat
Related terms: single combat
Scope note: The term is used for street brawls, domestic violence, etc.
Broader terms: x271346; physical assault/violence

667 related objects

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0309.258-262 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.93-104 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.69-80 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0813.340-351.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.57-68 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Whitehead & Co |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

band-cup

Museum number: 1888,0601.596 |
Producer name: BIOG57164 Attributed to:The Amasis Painter |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 550BC-545BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

cup type a

Museum number: 1886,0401.1159 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 510BC-480BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sanctuary of Apollo (Naukratis)

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.12671 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson |
Production date: 18 May 2006 February, March 2000 |
Production place: Photographed in:Tassili n'AjjerPhotographed in:Tin Subuk

digital photograph

Museum number: 2013,2034.12665 |
Producer name: BIOG221335 Photographed by:David Coulson |
Production date: 18 May 2006 February, March 2000 |
Production place: Photographed in:Tassili n'AjjerPhotographed in:Tin Subuk

drawing

Museum number: 1953,1202.14 |
Producer name: BIOG21103 Drawn by:Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz) |
Production date: 1815-1882

drawing

Museum number: 1975,U.284-286 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1860

drawing

Museum number: 1882,0812.223 |
Producer name: BIOG38922 Drawn by:Monogrammist HTDB |
Production date: 1816-1875

drawing

Museum number: 1974,U.620-637 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1810-1875

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.654 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1948,1009.106 |
Producer name: BIOG200700 Drawn by:Antonio Masutti |
Production date: 1849

drawing

Museum number: 1872,1012.3328 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAttributed to:François Boitard |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: 1972,0513.8 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Drawn by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1840

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1900,0725.120.42 |
Producer name: BIOG45250 Drawn by:George Scharf |
Production date: 1824

drawing; album

Museum number: 1998,0316,0.1.12 |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Lustred in:Kangra |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Germany

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.655 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing; album

Museum number: 1836,0811.642 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Drawn by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

drawing

Museum number: 1975,U.40-55 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1847

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.559 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1843

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.58 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing

Title: Go-Toba tei 後鳥羽帝 Dai Nippon shi ryaku zue 大日本史略図絵 |
Museum number: 1990,0614,0.1.6 |
Producer name: BIOG7595 Painted by:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) |
Cultures/periods: x14222 Meiji Era |
Production date: 1879-1880 |
Production place: Painted in:Japan

hydria

Museum number: 1864,1007.274 |
Producer name: BIOG57809 Attributed to:Class of London B352 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 500BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Fikellura grave 1

krater; dinos

Museum number: AshmLoan.143 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 550BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

lid

Museum number: AshmLoan.146 |
Cultures/periods: AtticArchaic Greek |
Production date: 550BC-540BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Naukratis

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.281 |
Producer name: BIOG115281 Designed by:Martin Smeltzing |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

medal

Museum number: 1919,0610.67 |
Producer name: BIOG186949 Designed by:Arnold Zadikow |
Production date: 1915 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

photographic print; satirical print

Title: A row at a cock and hen club |
Museum number: 2006,U.2238 |
Producer name: BIOG40122 After:Richard Newton |
Production date: 1938

photographic print

Museum number: 1887,0613.205 |
Producer name: BIOG45217 After:Hendrik Frans Schaefels |
Production date: 1882

print

Title: Mendicus Mendico Invidet |
Museum number: 1873,0809.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Matthäus Merian IPublished by:Jakob von der Heyden |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: Hyems The four seasons |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5906 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van de Velde IIPublished by:Hendrik Hondius I |
Production date: 1617

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.1444 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Print made by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1653

print; book-illustration

Title: Sancho assailed for braying |
Museum number: 1898,1123.71 |
Producer name: BIOG34569 Print made by:Adolphe Lalauze |
Production date: 1902

print

Museum number: 1861,0608.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WattAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1823

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.1441 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Print made by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1653

print

Museum number: 1926,0511.44 |
Producer name: BIOG49778 Print made by:Francesco Villamena |
Production date: 1601

print

Title: The Peasants' Festival and Twelve Months |
Museum number: 1858,0417.996 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1547

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2650 |
Producer name: After:Pieter van der BorchtPublished by:Claes Jansz. Visscher |
Production date: 1605-1652

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.3449 |
Producer name: BIOG61309 Print made by:Franz Isaac Brun |
Production date: 1555-1610

print

Museum number: S,5.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1862,0517.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1633-1686

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.1442 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Print made by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1653

print

Museum number: 2018,7040.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jaspar IsaacAfter:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1620-1640

print; book-illustration

Title: Canto XVII |
Museum number: 1857,0217.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1762-1810

print

Museum number: 1890,0415.196 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Cornelis Troost |
Production date: 1778

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.85 |
Producer name: BIOG26011 After:Cornelis Dusart |
Production date: 1775-1895

print

Museum number: 1860,1013.274 |
Producer name: BIOG24741 Print made by:Peter De Salis |
Production date: 1855

print

Title: Les Enfans Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1855,0609.556 |
Producer name: After:Pieter van LaerPrint made by:L P F Garreau |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Tom Jones, assisting Molly Seagrim, In the Church Yard and Repelling her Adversaries |
Museum number: 1849,0328.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: Les voleurs et l'âne Dix eaux fortes d'après Decamps |
Museum number: 1863,0725.615 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alphonse MassonAfter:Alexandre Gabriel Decamps |
Production date: 1840-1850

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.3204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonas SuyderhoefAfter:Gerard Ter Borch II |
Production date: 1640-1680

print

Museum number: 1868,1212.629 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Frederik Bloemaert |
Production date: 18th century

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.127 |
Producer name: Block cut by:François PannemakerAfter:Émile Antoine Bayard |
Production date: 1855-1890

print

Museum number: 1866,1114.879 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1650-1700

print

Museum number: 1980,U.1382 |
Producer name: BIOG49778 After:Francesco Villamena

print

Museum number: 1895,0122.303 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1535

print

Title: Pesado fin que tubo para D. Quixote y Sancho la re Don Quixote |
Museum number: 1873,1213.1844 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pedro Vicente RodríguezAfter:Antonio Rodríguez |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:Madrid (city)

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla Hudibras |
Museum number: Cc,2.51 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1726-1837

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Hudibras (small illustrations) |
Museum number: Cc,1.72 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1721-1726

print; satirical print

Title: The theatrical dispute, or the parson baited |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4543 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776

print; satirical print

Title: The humours of Covent Garden or freedom of election |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5232 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1784

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Trulla and Hudibras, Or the Adventure of the Hay-Cart |
Museum number: 1868,0808.13222 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770-1780

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Hudibras (small illustrations) |
Museum number: Cc,1.81 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1721-1726

print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1900,0613.496 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1824

print; satirical print

Title: The black and white scuffle, or barber and chimney-sweeper at fisty-cuffs |
Museum number: 1860,0623.76 |
Producer name: BIOG61392 Published by:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1778

print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1900,0613.497 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1824

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Hudibras Catechiz'd Hudibras |
Museum number: Cc,2.55 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1726-1837

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The blessings of peace, or, proclamation upon proclamation. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5053 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1783

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1972,U.62.13 |
Producer name: After:Adriaen van de VennePrint made by:Pieter de Jode I |
Production date: 1623 |
Production place: Published in:Hague, The

print

Title: The Peasants' Festival and Twelve Months |
Museum number: Gg,4C.36 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Print made by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1547

print

Title: Hyems The four seasons |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.5907 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jan van de Velde IIPublished by:Claes Jansz. Visscher |
Production date: 1617

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.1443 |
Producer name: BIOG40763 Print made by:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1653

print

Title: Les voleurs et l'âne Dix eaux fortes d'après Decamps |
Museum number: 1889,0608.518 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alphonse MassonAfter:Alexandre Gabriel Decamps |
Production date: 1840-1850

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.226 |
Producer name: BIOG37576 Print made by:Monogrammist FVB |
Production date: 1475-1500

print; book-illustration

Title: What Nathan said unto David The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0710.3701 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Joseph SwainAfter:William Makepeace Thackeray |
Production date: 1861

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.2254 |
Producer name: BIOG20792 Print made by:Richard Brend'amour |
Production date: 1850-1876

print

Museum number: S,5.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1764-1765

print

Title: Storming a Banditti Stronghold |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1037 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert BlythAfter:John Hamilton Mortimer |
Production date: 1782

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0628.475 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1853

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The discomfiture |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1099 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1762-1810

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1849,0512.590 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:William Walker |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Genre Scenes |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.7533 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Print made by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: 1876,0708.2485 |
Producer name: BIOG21046 After:Adriaen Brouwer |
Production date: 1650-1699

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Pieter Snayers |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: Boereverdriet |
Museum number: 1937,0915.321 |
Producer name: After:David VinckboonsPrint made by:Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert |
Production date: 1610

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5613 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frans van den WyngaerdeAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1850,1021.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Pieter Snayers |
Production date: 1728

print

Title: Genre Scenes |
Museum number: Sheepshanks.7574 |
Producer name: BIOG50099 Print made by:Cornelis de Wael |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Title: La rixe |
Museum number: 1927,0312.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Ernest Meissonier |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: La rixe |
Museum number: 1927,0312.107 |
Producer name: Print made by:Félix BracquemondAfter:Ernest Meissonier |
Production date: 1885

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,1227.210 |
Producer name: After:John Moyr SmithBlock cut by:William Harcourt Hooper |
Production date: 1854-1912

print

Title: 'Der Nasentantz zu Hümpelsbrunn' |
Museum number: 1917,0714.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sebald BehamPublished by:Niclas Meldeman |
Production date: 1520-1550

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1981,0620.120 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700-1800

print

Title: All-arm all-arm |
Museum number: 1993,0620.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertAfter:Adriaen van de Venne |
Production date: 1635

print; book-illustration; album

Title: Achelois Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1983,1001.12.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

print

Museum number: 1951,1120.4 |
Producer name: BIOG19076 Print made by:Jacques Bellange |
Production date: 1612-1616

print

Title: Four drinking scenes |
Museum number: 1881,0611.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisAfter:Erhard Schön |
Production date: 1530-1562