Rower Collection

Bedroom boat-race practice
An enthusiastic " Blue" leaves nothing to chance and recreates rowing conditions with the help of three tin baths, some wheels and a pair of oars in his bedroom

Gold Cup Day at Cheltenham, 1945
Farther West leading Red Rower, the eventual winner, round the course at Cheltenham on Gold Cup day. The Hack, going well, is lying third

Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA - Greetings Postcard Date: 1895

The Florida. 16th century. Timucua Indian village. Food transportation by canoe. Engraving by Theodore de Bry (1528-1598). Brevis narratio floridae Eorum Quae in.... Frankfurt, 1591

Group watching the Henley Regatta from boat, July 1958
A group of people including; Mr Alan Adams, Mr Robin Gibbs, Mr Tony Gibbs, Miss Rachel Chandler and Mr Denis Adams, watching the racing on the last day of the Henley Royal Regatta from a cabin

Marlow Bridge over the River Thames, Buckinghamshire
Marlow Bridge over the River Thames and All Saints Church at Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1980s

Cambridge Blue 1907
Douglas Stuart dressed for sport in short sleeved vest with pale blue trim & flannel shorts. English sports clothes were to have an increasing influence on fashion

Warriors in a canoe navigating the Aruwimi River
History of Africa. 19th century. Warriors in a canoe navigating the Aruwimi River. Engraving by Hildibrand. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Prince Olaf. Oxford rower Date: 1925

Oxford Rowers cross the English Channel
A crew of Oxford rowers crosses the English Channel from Dover to Calais. The view shows them halfway across. The rowers were accompanied by a boat of onlookers spurring them on. Date: 1885

Polish and English Oarswomen
Members of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931

Sailor in rowing boat, Dieppe, France
A sailor pulls on the oars of a rowing boat at Dieppe, France. Date: circa 1930s

Cartoon, The Coming Struggle (Disraeli versus Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Coming Struggle -- using the Boat Race as an analogy for politics, Disraeli and Gladstone are depicted as rowers in competing boats

Tilting at quintain, 14th century
Boy with lance tilting at a moveable quintain operated by another boy (top), boy with lance tilting at a living quintain (trying to knock a man in armour with a shield off a stool)

Waterman on his rowboat ferry on the River Thames, London. His coat and silver badge identify him as a skilled rower registed at Watermans Hall

Alfred Allport, England Rugby International player, also rower and boxer. 1890s

Charles Dixon, Rugby player and Rower
Charles Dixon, Rugby player and rower. 1890s

Advert for Vigors home rower 1895
A Perfect Chest & Muscle Developer. To maintain the heath and form of men and women. 1895

Collegiate Rower with Oar from Harvard Date: 1906

Boatman, Ganges, India
An Indian man rows an old wooden boat in the River Ganges along the ghats of Varanasi. Bathers are in the water Date: 1987

Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Horus boat
Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief depicting the Horus boat

Roman Art. The Nile mosaic of Palestrina. Detail. Trireme
Roman Art. The Nile mosaic of Palestrina. Barberini mosaic or Niles landscape. Hellenistic floor mosaic depicting scenes in the river Nile.It was part of a Classical sanctuary-grotto in Palestrina

Edward G. Hemmerde, Vanity Fair, Spy
EDWARD GEORGE HEMMERDE (1871-1948) English rower, barrister, playwright and politician. Liberal Party Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire

William D B Curry and Frederick I Pitman, rowers
William D B Curry and Frederick (Freddie) Islay Pitman (1863-1942), rowers. They both took part in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of 1884

Jefferson Lowndes, English rower
Jefferson Lowndes (1858-1893), English rower. late 19th century

Elias Laycock, Australian rower and sculler
Elias Connell Laycock (1845-1938), Australian competitive rower and sculler. late 19th century

George Bubear, English sculling rower. late 19th century

A Men's Eight - unidentified rowing club
Group photograph of the Men's Eight of an unidentified rowing club

Rowers in a scull on a river. circa 1895

Landing stage in Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
Landing stage in Beirut (Beyrouth), capitol of Lebanon. Date: circa 1910

The Nose Game - Artistic Nose D8, Denotes Refinement. 1927

Oxbridge Gent in extensive striped rowing attire
Costumes Everything - the translated greek on the card front reads: Everyone thinks that he stands high or low in thinking

Boat. From the tomb of Wadjet-hotep at Sedment. Wood. 7th-11
Egyptian Art. Boat. From the tomb of Wadjet-hotep at Sedment. Wood. 7th-11th Dynasty. c. 2150-2050 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Caricature of E A Trickett, world champion oarsman. 1880

W. A. L. Fletcher (Flea)
W.A.L. FLETCHER Known as Flea Rower for Oxford University Boat CLub and took part in the Varsity Boat Race in 1890-93. Date: -

Regatta at Marlow for Blinded Soldiers & Sailors, WW1
Two photographs depicting a rowing at regatta at Marlow for blinded soldiers and sailors from St. Dunstans during the First World War

Impressions of Cambridge during World War One, 1915
Arms and the Varsity Man: some impressions of Cambridge in wartime, 1915. Date: 1915

Boating scene
An oar cuts through the inky waters of Regents Park boating lake, London. Date: 2010

Alan Fraser in dingy

Colonel Albert Brassey, Vanity Fair, Spy
COLONEL ALBERT BRASSEY (1844-1918) British rower, soldier and Conservative politician. Was a Lieutenant in the 14th Hussars and a Colonel in the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Robert Croft Bourne, Vanity Fair, Ape
ROBERT CROFT BOURNE (1888 -1938) British rower, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and Conservative Party politician from 1924 to his death in 1938. Caption: a good stroke Date: 1888 -1938

Seascape. 1868. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Leisure, sport and fashion in the 1920s. Rowing

Procession on the seaside in front of Lazarus hospital, Brazil, 18th century. BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. National Historical Museum

Spanish galleons and vessels (17th c. ). Engraving
Spanish galleons and vessels (17th c.). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts

The Tigre Hotel - Paseo Victorica, Tigre, Argentina
The Tigre Hotel which stood on the banks of the Lujan River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Demolished in 1940. Date: circa 1907

Rowing - getting into the boat
A rather interesting early glow-in-the-dark postcard depicting rowers getting into their boat Date: 1920s

Expressions and Impressions, 1948 London Olympic Games
A selection of striking athletic images captured at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Date: 1948

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