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Two fencers in tricorn hats and period dress cross rapiers, one in a lunge, illustrating a fencing guard position.

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Position de la Garde en Quarte, et le Coup de Flanconnade, James Gwin (1763). Via artnap.com

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Two men in eighteenth-century dress face each other in a fencing bout, their rapiers crossed at the hilts. The figure on the left extends one arm high while the figure on the right lunges forward, illustrating the guard position and flank thrust named in the caption. The work is a print by James Gwin, dated 1763, and is held by the museum.