A framedcolour print of Datchet Bridge with Windsor Castle in the background.
Artist and date unknown.
Attached to the reverse of the frame is a typed sheet reading-
"Datchet Bridge.
There is now no bridge at Datchet but there was a public crossing here from first mention in 1278 of a ferry and ford until 1851.
Then a bridge - one of the wildest eccentricities with the Bucks half of wood and the Berks half of iron- was demolished on the building of the Victoria and Albert bridges, and the closing of the Home Park and the road across the park to Windsor.
The first bridge was by Queen Anne in 1706. in 1770 a new bridge of nine wooden arches on piers of brick and stone was put up- the bridge seen in the picture. Later in 1785 it was described as being in a "ruinous condition". A free ferry was later provided and the bridge rebuilt in 1812 (by the Crown again?). Its reconstruction in 1836 was by the two counties, who could not agree, and so led to the comical result. There was a substantial inn on the Berks side."
"Shiplake Lock and Paper Mill"
A print in black and white of a mill and lock with some ducks on the water and a stately home in the hill in the distance.
Print drawn by Samuel Owen and engraved by W B Cooke. Published on the 1st of December 1810 by Vernor Hood & Sharpe, Poultry and W Cooke, 12 York Place, Pentonville.
'Pair Oar'd Outrigger'
A small framed colour print of a pair of rowers on a rive 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.
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.
Chester Regatta 1854. Race for the Challenge Cup, Value 50 Guineas The Gift of the Honble. Earl Grosvenor, M.P. between the Victoria of Chester and the Nemesis of Manchester, the Victoria beating the Nemesis.
Drawn Engraved Printed and Published by Evans & Gresty, Eastgate Row, Chester, 1854.
Mounted colour lithograph showing the boats passing riparian fields, with tents, boats and spectators lining the far shore and spectators in boats, on a hillside and within an enclosure on the near shore, with the Royal Chester Rowing Club flag prominent in the foreground.
"Chester Royal Rowing Club. / 'Victoria.'/ P. Mawdsley, E.B. Gibson, E. Dixon, J.B. Littledale - stroke, H. Roberts - cox/
Manchester Nemesis Rowing Club/ 'Nemesis'/ T. O'Keefe, J. Lythgoe, W. Shorrocks, S. Cheetham - stroke, C.H. Anderton - cox."
The Victoria is on display in the Rowing Gallery.
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.
A hand coloured print of WH Grenfell.
From a photograph by Marsh Brothers, engraved by W. Roffe and published by Vinton & Co of London on 1st July 1890.
The print shows a scene of people leisure punting on the river beneath a large stone arched bridge.
'Oxford Beating Cambridge at Henley, June 10, 1829'
Framed copy of a print of the 1829 Boat Race.
The Oxford & Cambridge Rowing Match at Henley on Thames 1829
Drawn by W. Havell. Engraved by John Pye II as one of a series for 'Peacock's Polite Repository or Pocket Almanac' worked on from 1813 to 1858.
'Park Place, Henley'
Print of an engraving by Tombleson & Co' Paternoster Row.
A riverview of pleasure and fishing boats with the parkland and house of Park Place on the hill above.
"The Eight" by Cyril Edward Power (1872-1951)
Coloured linocut. Cyril Power was one of the principal members of the Vorticist group [or Grosvenor school?], which included Sybil Andrews (whose ["Bringing in the Boat"] is the other noted rowing image in this genre) and Claude Flight)
Edition size: 50 impressions. This image, signed in pencil, is 13/50. Printed in four colors (light cobalt blue, dark blue, orange and yellow) on buff oriental laid tissue. "At this time Power was living at Brook Green Studios which were within easy reach of the Thames at Hammersmith. This is a study of a racing eight shooting under Hammersmith Bridge. [Power] was a great follower of the Head of the River Race."
Part of theThomas E.m Weil Collection.Thomas E. Weill 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.
'A View of London Bridge before the late alteration as in the Year 1760.'
A mounted engraving depicting London Bridge in 1760, from an original painting by Sam Scott. Engraved by P J Canot.
The image shows London Bridge, bustling with life-boats being rowed and others sailing up and down the Thames. Shows the buildings that used to stand on the bridge itself, with smoke billowing out of the chimneys. Fishermen also depicted.