The bow of the boat with a bow ball. this wooden object is illustrated with text 'Lady Margaret III Lent Boat'. The names of the crew and their positions and the coaches are documented with the date 1931. The ball is located on the end of the protruding arm and is red and is detailed with a coat of arms.
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.
Book titled 'An Essay on War-Galleys of the Ancients' by John Howell, Edinburgh.
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.
Exercise book containing newspaper clippings of rowing activities ranging from 1852 to 1859. It contains information on the Regatta and names and positions of the crews.
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.
Illustrated book titled 'Schoolboy Honour' by Rev. H C Adams, M.A. Published by George Routledge and Sons, London.
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.
Book containing the Report of the London Rowing Club, 1891, printed in London.
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.
Book titled 'the Jesus College Cambridge Boat Club 1827-1962'. by Frederick Brittain and Humphrey Playford. Printed by W. Heffer and Sons Limited, London.
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.
Colour chromolithograph mounted on linen, with an elliptical top. View of Hammersmith reach and boat clubs, London R.C etc and the old Putney Bridge. Thought to be from a railway carriage.
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.
Embroidered cloth, with central crest and embroidered signatures of rowing teams.
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.
Roman bronze coin of the emperor Allectus (293-296), depicting a galley on the reverse. Minted at London.
The Roman troops who invaded Britain in 296 to reassert their authority over the rogue ruler Allectus feared his naval power, represented here by the galley on the reverse of his coinage. A fog allowed the attackers to evade the rebel ships, and land the soldiers who re-took the province.
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 Spiers and Sons Chart of the Oxford University Boat Races. a navy blue front and back cover with embossed gold lettering. Charts date from 1837 to 1847. The charts fold out of the book
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.