RICHARD BLOME. PUGILIST PRINTS

Richard Blome (1635-1705) (editor): Pugilist Prints 

Prints from The Gentleman's Recreation in Three Parts depicting nude men engaged in wrestling and hand-to-hand fighting in simplified landscape settings. The prints are dedicated to aristocratic patrons.
Richard Blome was among the most active publishers of cartographic and illustrated books in late 17th-century London. (georgeglazer.com)