Rowers Collection

Henley Regatta
A stylised illustration of a view at Henley Regatta, started in 1839 by a local solicitor and one of the highlights of the summer social calendar being the most famous rowing event of the year

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

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers Lunch), Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919). Oil on canvas

Regatta at Chelsea
Unspecified regatta on the Thames between Chelsea & Battersea attended by fashionable spectators & rowers. NB Royal Hospital & Doggetts coat & badge. Date: circa 1815

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

Cambridge Crew, The Boat Race, outdoor sporting portrait of 9, with 4 seated, in caps and blazers. Captioned with names, Ws Adie, H A Game, F C Stewart, T J G Duncanson, D A Wauchope (stroke)

Oxford Crew, The Boat Race, outdoor sporting portrait of 9, with 4 seated, in caps and blazers. Captioned with names, C D Burnell, C K Philips, W B Stewart, T H E Stretch, W E Crum, M C Pilkington

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

The sacred trireme arrives at Tyre
Arrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC

Party of people picnicking at Henley Regatta
A party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888

Blind soldiers regatta at Putney, WW1
Blinded soldiers from St. Dunstans home for blinded sailor and soldiers in Regents Park, rowing in the boat they rowed to victory over the students of Westminster College

Oxford practising for the Boat Race
The Oxford team practising for the annual Boat Race

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

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

Turkey. Constantinople. Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek, at the Bosphorus. Engraving by Lemaitre, Cholet and Fleury

Oxford Eight practising on the River Thames with Houseboats
An Oxford Eight practising on the River Thames with elegant houseboats moored along the far riverbank. Date: 1929

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

Rowing from Newnham College
Rowers from Newnham College, Cambridge, about to take part in a race against London University Ladies on the River Thames. Date: 1933

Towpath Spectators at Oxford Rowing
Spectators line the towpath to watch the Oxford Summer Eights rowing competition. Date: 1932

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

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

Turkey. Kiosk of the Gunsmiths (Djebedjiler-Kiochky)
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Kiosk of the Gunsmiths (Djebedjiler-Kiochky). Engraving by Lemaitre, Arnout and Cholet. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Constantinople. Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Kiosk of the Grand Seigneur at Bebek, at the Bosphorus. Engraving by Lemaitre, Cholet and Fleury

Advert for Whitbread's Pale Ale
An advert for Whitbread's Pale Ale, featuring rowers and referencing the Henley Regatta, which would have been held in the week this issue was published

Hokkaido Industrial Co-Promotion Association, Japan
First Exhibit Building of the Hokkaido Industrial Co-Promotion Association, Japan - Ploughing at the Sapporo agricultural school farm no1 and scene of fishing around the Ishikari coast (or beach)

Evesham Rowing Club, Evesham, Worcestershire
Scene at Evesham Rowing Club, Evesham, Worcestershire, with rowers and spectators. Date: circa 1920

Henley - Between the Races 1926
A day-out on the River Thames, between the races of Henley Royal Regatta, mainly women relaxing in rowing boats. 1926

Oxford and Cambridge rowing crews by H. M. Bateman
Pictured at Putney by our artist with the blues. The Light Blues and the Dark: Wild caricatures of the Eights for the University Boat-Race. Date: 1912

Sunny gaiety of Henley 1906
Men and women watching the rowing race taking place on the River Thames. 1906

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

Henley Regatta - River-spectators watch the action
Regatta, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire - River-spectators watch the action from a flotilla of jolly boats. Date: 1904

Royal Barge - Henley
The Royal barge passes a cheering crowd of spectators and rowers Date: 1914

Rowing past hire boats, Durham
Rowers race past the traditional wooden hire boats tied up on the banks of the River Wear at Durham. They are about to go under the Elvet Bridge Date: 1990

Lancelot Glasson at work on his painting The Four
Oarswomen for Burlington House: Captain Lancelot Glasson (1894-1959) at work on his painting The Four depicting women rowers before sending it to the Royal Academy exhibition. Date: 1933

Rowers and cox in a rowing boat on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

The Boat Race by Patrick Bellew
Comic illustration of the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge showing, a possibility at Mortlake - if the oars will stand the strain

The Thames by H. L. Oakley
The Thames in summer silhouette cut by H. L. Oakley depicting rowers on the river, sailing boats and people enjoying the spectacle or a picnic on its banks

Eton College Boathouses on the River Thames. Date: circa 1907

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

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

Rowing regatta, c. 1912
Rowing regatta on a summers day. Date: c.1912

Pleasure boat on the River Cam
A boat full of sightseers on the River Cam, moored in order to get a good view of any passing rowers. Date: 1911

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

Cambridge rowing crew, 1911
Rowing crew from a Cambridge University college, 1911. Date: 1910

Cambridge rowing crew on the River Cam, 1911
Crew rowing on the River Cam past the Cambridge University rowing club boathouse. Date: 1911

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

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