THE KNOCK-OUT

BY ARCHIBALD STANDISH HARTRICK

The image is of a boxing ring Two male figures are in the ring both have naked torsos The man in the middle ground is standing with a wide stance He is wearing boxing gloves and his left arm in extended while his right arm crosses his body The other man is in the foreground lying on his back knocked out by the standing man His right arm is extended while his left arm is bent and elevated over his head The lying man is also wearing boxing gloves There is a stool and bucket in the extreme left foreground to the left of the lying man s head In the left background of the image there is a crowd of men who are spectators at the boxing match Some men have moustaches and some are clean shaven Some spectators are wearing top hats and others are wearing bowler hats There are also two men standing in the right background separated from the crowd on the left watching the match The image is horizontally displayed

MLA citation:

Hartrick, Archibald Standish. “The Knock-out.” The Yellow Book, vol. 4, 1895, p. 153. Yellow Book Digital Edition, edited by Dennis Denisoff and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2011-2014. The Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2020, https://1890s.ca/yb4-hartrick-knockout/

magazine_images The Yellow Book 4 The Knock-out Archibald Standish Hartrick 1895 Pencil Drawing Illustrative Swan Electric Engraving Company

A S Hartrick 94 Swan Type

Chair/stool and Bucket Human Figure, Male Figure/ Man, Audience/ Spectators, People, Athlete, Clothing, Glove, Facial Hair, and Coat/ Jacket 1890s Indoor setting, Interior, and Gymnasium/ sporting arena