Dukes Up Beside the Pond, RPPC Portrait of Two Friends Play Boxing ambiance With "Small Female Vic Figure

With "Small Female Vic Figure written in ink on one exterior side and what looks like TAU incised into the plaster

providing context for posterity--a 1907 copy ofthe Otago Witness

with some light creases and stains but I think all the more beautiful for them

freedom and constraint

10" across at lip and 7 1/2" across at base

Dukes Up Beside the Pond, RPPC Portrait of Two Friends Play Boxing ambiance With "Small Female Vic FigureI can never resist a photo of boxers, even of the just playing around variety. And these two look to have a lot of affection for each other. With what looks to be a barn in the distance, and a tin can floating in the water at lower right. 5 3 8" x 3 3 8". Good condition, general light soiling, unused postcard back. Earlyish 20th century.