Page from The Graphic with a double page illustration by W. Hatherell, R.I 'Imperturbable Enthusiasts: A Wet Day's Sport on the Thames'
Published on the 22nd September 1906.
In the centre are three men in a fishing punt in the rain being watched by spectators on a pleasure boat in the background.
'The Oxford and Cambridge Universities' Boat Race- Cambridge crew at practice: last row on cam' - A page from The Illustrated London News. Published 22nd March 1890.
Col. lith. "Robert Chambers, Champion of England. London. Published Oct 7, 1859. Geo. Newbold..." [showing the sculler posed head turned to viewer and leaning forward over his knees in his fixed seat single, with his blades in the water at the catch, and a few houses and what may well be a noted riverside inn scattered amongst trees on the far shore, which is lined with spectators; this was the first significant rowing print I purchased for my collection, with the advice and under the eye of Mildred Reinhardt at the Parker Gallery in the summer of 1970, after our Yale lightweight eight had fallen to Leander in the semi-finals of the Thames Cup; ref: Rickett, number 42; ref: 1984 UCSBex, TEW image reproduced as Fig. 23 at p. 26; ref: 1990 GAGex, TEW image listed as number 22 on p. [10]; matted and framed (for 1990 exhibition)] [image] 16.5" x 26.875"
Coloured aquatint entitled ' Abingdon Bridge and Church' engraved by Robert Havell after a watercolour by William Havell, 1811.
Landscape of the river at Abingdon, flowing under a stone arched bridge with the church spire in the background.
Dorchester Abbey by John Piper
Framed print of the painting.
The Abbey has a stained glass front. Trees and bushes surround the building. Piper has used dark colours: greys with patches of red, green and orange-peach.
Page from "Punch", with a full page cartoon entitled "Taking it easy. Henley 1889".
White paper with black print. The cartoon illustration shows two men on a skiff with swans on the river beside them. Crowds of people watching and Temple Island in the background.
Page from 'Punch' magazine, March 28, 1923. With illustration titled 'After The Race - "What do they do till the next Boat-Race, father?", "Well - they go on with their rowin' - with a bit of studyin' thrown in."
By Frank Reynolds.
This item returned to America with Tom