The Great Fight for the Championship

Name/Title

The Great Fight for the Championship

Entry/Object ID

2003.019.0001

Description

A copy of a Currier and Ives Lithograph (black on faded yellow background) showing a scene of a fight between John C. Heenan "The Benicia Boy" and Tom Sayers "Champion of England", which took place April 17th, 1860 at Farnborough, England. Other information regarding the fight is printed at the bottom of the page.

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection