c.17th century landscape painting on board.
One of a set believed to originally have been produced for Lady Place, Hurley. They hung in Henley on Thames post office until the 1980s when they were transferred to Henley on Thames Town Hall where they stayed until they were offered to the River & Rowing Museum.
'Demolition of the Old Boathouse next to Marlow Bridge' by Tom Coates
Picture in brown and white tones of an old house with a pile of rubble in the front and some bare trees beside it.
Pen, ink and wash in gilt frame
Tom Coates studied at Bournville College of Art, Birmingham College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. He is a member of several societies, the past president of the Royal Society of British Artists and the president of the Pastel Society. He has won many awards throughout his career, has received numerous prestigious commissions both in the UK and overseas and has paintings in collections worldwide, including the Royal Collection.
'The Consequence' - by Jane Day.
Framed calligraphic work
Work with stylised fish collage in the lower left and the text of an article from the Telegraph 2004 reproduced in calligraphic writing on the right. Dark colours.
Based around a quote from the Daily Telegraph published on the 7 August 2004. It has a watercolour background and a collage of fish.
The inscription reads:
"The rain and storms are expected to add to the sewage problems in the Thames as London's Victorian sewers are often unable to cope with the volume of rain. Last Tuesday Thames Water directed storm overflows straight into the Thames to prevent flooding. It meant that 600,000 tons of raw sewage were flushed away. More than 10,000 fish were killed and washed up on the banks of the river."
Featured in the Oxford Scribes exhibition 'Rivers, Reeds & Refelections' at the River & Rowing Museum 11th September 2004 - 5th January 2005.
'The Swan Inn-Streatley On Thames'
Watercolour by William Ferguson.
A watercolour painting depicting a riverscene with a cluster of buildings at the foot of a hill surrounded in woodland.
Peace and thanksgiving. Long live the King
Pen and ink picture of King George VI by Dennis Albert Jones, 1945.
Dennis Jones was born in Church Street, Henley on Thames on 7th August 1929. He was 16 when he created this picture, which was one of many drawn by local people at the time to commemorate the end of the second world war. They were displayed in shop windows around the town, although it is not known which window this particular picture was displayed in. Dennis became a prolific artist during his life, but sadly died in December 1999. Many of his paintings still survive.
Dennis was the only son of Joseph Jones, also a resident of Henley, who served with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (later known as the Parachute Brigade) who was sadly killed in action in Belgium fighting a rearguard action covering the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk. Joseph Jones is commemorated on the wall of Henley Town hall as one of the 'fallen' who came from Henley.
Portrait of Dick Phelps winner of the Doggett's Coat and Badge, painted by James Dring.
An oil on canvas portrait painting with Dick Phelps in a red coat and breeches with long white knee socks with the Doggett's badge on his left arm.
On one sleeve of the coat is a large badge. In the background is the River Thames and in the foreground is a boat house by the river, Dick Phelps is pictured leaning against the window sill of the boat house, next to two chairs.
Henley Bridge from New Street in 1812
A framed watercolour painted by Miss Matthews.
The picture shows a view of Henley Bridge in the background, with wagons carrying two men and fishing and boating equipment in the foreground. A building stands behind the men