The 'Old Exeter' Boat
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The 'Old Exeter' Boat
By, or after AC Bridge, titled and inscribed 'A.C. Bridge. Exeter Coll. Oxford' c1831.
A mounted hand coloured aquatint showing a single Oxford college eight in the foreground, oarsmen reaching for the catch, with a number of small craft across the river, boat club barges and spectators on the far shore, and the spires of Oxford rising beyond the meadows.
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.
By, or after AC Bridge, titled and inscribed 'A.C. Bridge. Exeter Coll. Oxford' c1831.
A mounted hand coloured aquatint showing a single Oxford college eight in the foreground, oarsmen reaching for the catch, with a number of small craft across the river, boat club barges and spectators on the far shore, and the spires of Oxford rising beyond the meadows.
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.
Accession No
2003.532.123
Collection
The Tom Weil Collection/Rowing
Associated Date
Circa 1831
Credit Line
The gift of Thomas E Weil, given in honor of the Arbib family.
Date
Circa 1831