Oarsmen Collection

Rowing crew photograph, 1911
Rowing crew from Cambridge University posing for a team photograph with a trophy. Date: 1911

Rowing at Cambridge, 1911
A rowing crew on the River Cam. Date: 1911

Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1904

Rowers on the River Cam, c. 1912
A crew rowing past the Cambridge University club boathouse on the River Cam, c.1912. Date: c.1912

Greatheads Lifeboat 2
In a heavy sea, Greatheads lifeboat puts out to the aid of a vessel in distress : the helmsman stands aft, the look- out in the bows, the ten oarsmen row as best they can. Date: 1791

The Brighton Lifeboat
The lifeboat at Brighton, Sussex, is dragged into the water : the boat carries sails to assist the oarsmen if the wind is in a favourable direction

Shoot for (probably) Vanity Fair - Model and Rowers
Shoot for (probably) Vanity Fair - 1950s. Model with a team of rowers. Date: 1950s

Oxford Eights on the River Thames Victorian period

Harvard Try-Out Barge
A twenty-oar barge used at Harvard University to select and train boat crews. The coach can walk up and down the centre deck. Date: circa 1925

14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration
14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

Corocoro boat from the island of Guebe, Maluku
Corocoro boat with sails and oars from the island of Guebe, Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 19th century. The Guebe chief or king sits on deck, while a drummer beats time for the oarsmen

The Embarkation of Columbus at Palos 3 August 1492
The embarkation of Columbus at Palos, 3 August 1492. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) kneeling at stern of boat with crew, receiving blessing from monk, with various onlookers and weeping women

Church boat - Rattvik, Dalarna County, Sweden
Church boat (carrying congregation) at Rattvik, a locality and the seat of Rattvik Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1909

Royal visit to the Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire in 1912. The Royal barge by Henley Bridge Date: 1912

Admiral Makarov at Constantinople
Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1848-1904) Russian admiral in command of the Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

King Edward VII heading to his boat - Cowes Week
King Edward VII (1841-1910) being rowed out to the Royal Yacht, Britannia at Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight in 1909 during a visit by the Russian Royal family

Rowing crew, Cambridge University
Members of a rowing crew from Cambridge University posing for their photograph outside the club boathouse. Date: c.1912

Chicago Worlds Fair - McMonnies Fountain - ship-shaped Fountain, oarsmen and other figures. Part of Box 282 Boswell Collection - Chicago Exposition. Date: 1893

The Kings Watermen by Byam Shaw
The Kings watermen, who are present at Royal occasions when rowers are required, and who, in 1911, took part in the Coronation procession of King George V. Date: 1911

Mount Fuji, Japan - Reproduction of a Hokusai woodcut
Reproduction of a woodcut by Katsushika Hokusai entitled: Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei) Date: circa 1830

The Kings State Barge at the Henley Regatta - 1912
The Kings (King George V) State Barge at the Henley Regatta, Henley, Oxfordshire - 1912 Date: 1912

A Burmese Paddy Boat - moored on the Irrawaddy River, Burma (now Myanmar). These boats were used to transport rice downriver - the main export crop of Burma. Date: 1895

Cocoa Advert / Rowing / B / W
Advertisement for Cadburys cocoa featuring rowers Date: 1890s

Edward VII - Visit to Portugal. He took the Victoria & Albert III steam yacht (launched in 1901) - here the Royal party disembark at Lisbon on 7th April, 1903

The launching of the Constantinople Lifeboat
An elder lifeboatman lifts his hammer to strike out the holding peg to launch the Constantinople lifeboat and its team of lifeboatmen down a wooden ramp. The boat is called the Shellu

Oarsmen and their boats - Eyup
Oarsmen with their boats at Eyup, Constantinople, Turkey. Close to the entrance to the Silver Horn

Boatmen on the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Turkey

A ferry boat crossing the Bosphorus. Typical scene showing a crossing of a wide section of the Bosphorus with six oarsmen (quite unusual)

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey - Imperial barge
Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918) with his sons in an imperial barge returning to the Old Palace, with the more modern barge standing off in distance (see below)

Henley Regatta 1936
The Zurich eight win the Grand Challenge Cup at the 1936 Henley Regatta, with the Leander crew in second place. Described at the time as probably the fastest crew that ever rowed at Henley

Royal Naval oarsmen returning to their ship after a liberty period in Chanakale

Native Rowing barge and Oarsmen - Morocco
A large traditional Moroccan rowing barge off the coast at Safi, Morocco

British Lifeboat C1880
A lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution - it is equipped with a sail to assist the oarsmen if the wind is in a favourable direction

Galleys Attack Town
Armoured galleys lower their masts and attack a town, with protection for the oarsmen from the arrows of the defenders

Froissart / Vessels / Africa
The expedition of the French and English to the coast of Africa at the request of the Genoese, whose trade had been adversely affected by piratical African corsairs

Twickenham 1750
A curious sailing-boat, with oarsmen as well as a sail, is one of the craft on the Thames at Twickenham, Middlesex

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