Fore edge watercolor "View of the Thames with Lambeth Castle in the Background" on a boxed edition of the Cambridge Edition of Tennyson's Poetical Works.

Published in Cambridge, Mass., 1898.

This book is an example of the 19th century art of fore-edge painting. The painted image is not visible when the book is closed, but is revealed when the pages are fanned open.

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.