To the Gentlemen of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Club. This View of Mortlake with the Boat Race April 4th 1868 is respectfully dedicated by their obliged & obedient Servant J. Hogarth.

George Chambers Delt. T. Boys, Lith. London, Published July 1st, 1868 by J. Hogarth & Sons.

Mounted colour lithograph showing two starboard stroked eights (historically inaccurate) in left mid distance followed by a flotilla of steamers, with an immense throng along the near right shore and spectators packing several spritsail barges and cutters moored in the foreground

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.