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Perry was born in Canada to African parents and came to Britain in the mid-1840s. Like many black men in Britain at that time he had served in the British navy. After he was discharged he earned a precarious living from boxing. In 1846, the year of this watercolour, Perry had fought his first professional opponent, Bill Burton. An onlooker described his fighting style: 'Poised on his toes, he danced around his man, jabbed with consistency and accuracy and delivered his punches cleanly. He was perfection as far as science was concerned.' Not long afterwards Perry was transported to Australia, having been convicted of involvement in a forgery ring. In 1849 he won the Australian heavyweight title.","physicalDescription":"Drawing shows a boxing match between a black man, wearing blue breeches and a white man wearing pale yellow striped breeches. 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