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.
' Henley on Thames and Park Place, Henley on Thames'.
A framed print of two views of Henley on Thames one of the bridge and town and the other of Park Place.
Published by Rock & Co. 4th April, 1860.
"At Henley Regatta" by Richard Caton Woodville.
A wood engraved print with hand colouring.
Shows a scene on the river during Regatta, male and female spectators sit and stand in boats. Henley Town Hall is in the background.
'Pair Oar'd Outrigger'
A small print of a pair of rowers on a river with a collection of buildings on the river bank in the background including Bells-Tavern and a billiard hall, there is a crowded steam boat at a wharf nearby.
'Lyon's Boat House, Lambeth. 1831'
Colour print of Lyon and Co Boatbuilders yard on the riverbank with a variety of boats being built and complete. There are three boats on the river with people in them and figures in the yard.
Part of the Thomas E. Weil Collection. Thomas E Weil is a very knowledgeable and respected collector of rowing memorabilia from all over the world. His extensive collection includes material from many years of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, and Henley Royal Regatta. He also lectures and writes on rowing history and is a Trustee of the River and Rowing Museum.
'Cottage from Chalk Cavern at Park Place'
A framed coloured engraving of a view through a stone opening to the top of a building surrounded by trees.
Artist unknown. Published in London January 1st 1791 by A Robertson and W Faden.
'Miseries of London, Wapping Old Stairs'.
Hand coloured etching by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), 1812.
A cartoon of a quayside scene with watermen wearing Badges surrounding a woman passenger for her custom.