Oxford Mail Archive - Muhammad Ali

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An original vintage press/wire photograph of Muhammad Ali, shown in a lively boxing-adjacent pose with fists raised, wearing a houndstooth-pattern jacket. The print comes from a newspaper picture archive (Oxford Mail) and carries all the hallmarks of a working press photo:
Verso annotations: hand-written caption identifying the subject as "Muhammad Ali," along with a partial second line of text.
Newspaper archive stamps: multiple date-received stamps visible on the back, including 31 Dec 1974, 27 May 1983, 9 May 1992, 1 Jun 1992, and 14 Nov 1994 — indicating the photo was reused/re-filed by the newspaper's picture desk across two decades.
Editorial crop marks: blue pencil/pen crop lines and a diagonal scaling line drawn by a picture editor for print sizing, along with cataloguing notes.
Attached red "Oxford Mail" archive tags/labels, apparently used for cross-referencing the image to a printed article, with handwritten page and size references.
A small newspaper clipping fragment is also adhered to the back.

An original vintage press/wire photograph of Muhammad Ali, shown in a lively boxing-adjacent pose with fists raised, wearing a houndstooth-pattern jacket. The print comes from a newspaper picture archive (Oxford Mail) and carries all the hallmarks of a working press photo:
Verso annotations: hand-written caption identifying the subject as "Muhammad Ali," along with a partial second line of text.
Newspaper archive stamps: multiple date-received stamps visible on the back, including 31 Dec 1974, 27 May 1983, 9 May 1992, 1 Jun 1992, and 14 Nov 1994 — indicating the photo was reused/re-filed by the newspaper's picture desk across two decades.
Editorial crop marks: blue pencil/pen crop lines and a diagonal scaling line drawn by a picture editor for print sizing, along with cataloguing notes.
Attached red "Oxford Mail" archive tags/labels, apparently used for cross-referencing the image to a printed article, with handwritten page and size references.
A small newspaper clipping fragment is also adhered to the back.

Details

Date of print
1973
Artist
Oxford Mail Archive
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Muhammad Ali
Condition
Original State
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
21 cm
Width
25 cm
Signature
Stamped
Genre
Fine art photography
Sold by
LatviaVerified
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Objects sold
100%
Private

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