Rowing Collection (page 7)

View of Logan Rock, near the Land's End, 1824 (hand coloured litho on paper)
7483142 View of Logan Rock, near the Land's End, 1824 (hand coloured litho on paper) by Tonkin, James (1757-1846); 27x40 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

View of Emmerich, 1645 (oil on wood)
XOS5874650 View of Emmerich, 1645 (oil on wood) by Goyen, Jan Josephsz van (1596-1656); 105.5x136 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: By Jan van Goyen)

An engraving depicting a sailor's sweetheart waving goodbye as he is rowed out to his ship, 19th century
5310976 An engraving depicting a sailor's sweetheart waving goodbye as he is rowed out to his ship, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1880); Universal History Archive/UIG

A 17th century French galley being rowed. (print)
7419951 A 17th century French galley being rowed. (print); (add.info.: A 17th century French galley being rowed. After a print dated 1703.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Hunting walrus (engraving)
8663863 Hunting walrus (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hunting walrus)

To his Grace the Duke of Northumberland... this historical record of Female heroism inspired by humanity as exemplified
7342625 To his Grace the Duke of Northumberland... this historical record of Female heroism inspired by humanity as exemplified in the rescue on the 7th September

Meeting of the Waters, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland, c.1890-c.1900
1129004 Meeting of the Waters, Killarney. County Kerry, Ireland, c.1890-c.1900; Private Collection; (add.info.: Photochrom Collection, photomechanical print)

Light Ship of the Classical Greek Period (colour litho)
PNP427738 Light Ship of the Classical Greek Period (colour litho) by Sebille, Albert (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Char fishing (engraving)
8631560 Char fishing (engraving) by Feller, Frank (1848-1908) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Char fishing. Illustration from Black and White)

The Cambridge "Blue" (colour photo)
8660581 The Cambridge "Blue" (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

New Boat House, Oxford, for the University of Oxford Boat Club (litho)
8667861 New Boat House, Oxford, for the University of Oxford Boat Club (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Boat House, Oxford)

University College, Oxford (litho)
8667802 University College, Oxford (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: University College, Oxford)

Ghillie rowing (litho)
8652185 Ghillie rowing (litho) by Briggs, Ernest Edward (1866-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ghillie rowing. Illustration for Angling and Art in Scotland)

An example of Mirth by Maybank (litho)
8634528 An example of Mirth by Maybank (litho) by Webb, Hector Thomas Maybank (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Mirth by Maybank (Ward Lock, 1937).); © Look and Learn

Illustration showing Oxford students in practice for the Boat Race, 1879. The Boat Race is an annual rowing race
5311090 Illustration showing Oxford students in practice for the Boat Race, 1879. The Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club

Natives of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Man and woman in hats with long pierced ear lobes
FLO4624507 Natives of Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Man and woman in hats with long pierced ear lobes. Couple rowing an outrigger canoe or vaka

Illanoan pirates (etching)
7341895 Illanoan pirates (etching) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 18.2x26.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

A war canoe of New Zealand, 1770 (engraving, etching)
7295527 A war canoe of New Zealand, 1770 (engraving, etching) by Parkinson, Sydney (c.1745-71); 27.5x22.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Germany, Hamburg, Uhlenhorst ferry house near the Alster lake, illustration
UTD4925795 Germany, Hamburg, Uhlenhorst ferry house near the Alster lake, illustration from : "Ansichten-Album Hamburg" (views from Hamburg), published by C

A pilot being rowed out to a vessel, 1850
3330813 A pilot being rowed out to a vessel, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a pilot being rowed out to a vessel. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

St. Peters with the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy in the late 19th century
2963189 St. Peters with the bridge and Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy in the late 19th century. From Italian Pictures by Rev. Samuel Manning, published c.1890

Rowing coaching in the Clare College boathouse, University of Cambridge (engraving)
8631406 Rowing coaching in the Clare College boathouse, University of Cambridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Oxford crew preparing for the Boat Race (engraving)
8631259 Oxford crew preparing for the Boat Race (engraving) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood (1863-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oxford crew preparing for the Boat Race)

St John's College Barge, University of Oxford (engraving)
8631369 St John's College Barge, University of Oxford (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St John's College Barge, University of Oxford)

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire (engraving)
8676594 Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Visit of the British Association to Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire)

Oarsmen on a trireme (litho)
8663886 Oarsmen on a trireme (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Part of a longitudinal section of a trireme showing the positions of oarsmen)

Women swimming up to a man in a rowing boat (colour litho)
8656694 Women swimming up to a man in a rowing boat (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women swimming up to a man in a rowing boat)

Birdseye view (colour litho)
8656244 Birdseye view (colour litho) by Ellam, William Henry (1858-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birdseye view. Aerial view of a couple in a boat)

Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper)
7485311 Abbey Cloth Mills, Bradford-on-Avon, 1875 (photo-litho on paper) by Gane, Richard (1839-1877); 21x27 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Landscape with tower, c.1750 (gold, ink & colour on paper)
8893889 Landscape with tower, c.1750 (gold, ink & colour on paper) by Taiga, Ike no (1723-76); Tokyo National Museum, Japan; (add.info)

Illustration showing students in practice for the Boat Race, 1895. The Boat Race is an annual rowing race between
5311098 Illustration showing students in practice for the Boat Race, 1895. The Boat Race is an annual rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club

Magna Carta Island
3119073 Magna Carta Island; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Magna Carta Island, an island in the River Thames. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The Seven Bishops of the Church of England going to the Tower of London in 1688
2968390 The Seven Bishops of the Church of England going to the Tower of London in 1688, where they were imprisoned and tried for seditious libel over their opposition to the second Declaration of

Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement
3506054 Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement, pub

Rowers at rest during a rowing competition on the Po River in Turin
3569938 Rowers at rest during a rowing competition on the Po River in Turin by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Turin 26/06/1898 Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives

Cambridge University students during a rowing race
3561038 Cambridge University students during a rowing race by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: England, Cambridge, Great Britain 1900 ca)

Rob Roy (engraving)
8639620 Rob Roy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rob Roy. Illustration for The Juvenile Instructor (1892).); © Look and Learn.

Eel spearing on the Oulton Broad, Norfolk (engraving)
8631185 Eel spearing on the Oulton Broad, Norfolk (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eel spearing on the Oulton Broad, Suffolk)

Building a boat for the University Boat Race (b/w photo)
8664069 Building a boat for the University Boat Race (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Building a boat for the University Boat Race)

Women enjoying cocoa on the river (chromolitho)
8677548 Women enjoying cocoa on the river (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women enjoying cocoa on the river)

Luncheon party on a houseboat at Henley-on-Thames (engraving)
8672608 Luncheon party on a houseboat at Henley-on-Thames (engraving) by Sidney, Herbert (1858-1923) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer life on the Thames)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864137 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

Shoot for Carlsberg - mid 1960s (2/2). Date: circa mid-1960s

Shoot for Carlsberg - mid 1960s (1/2). Date: circa mid-1960s

Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, on the river in Oxford (colour litho)
8634454 Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, on the river in Oxford (colour litho) by Crane, Donn P. (1878-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)

Prince Alfred entering service in the Royal Navy (engraving)
8676576 Prince Alfred entering service in the Royal Navy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince Alfred entering service in the Royal Navy)

New London Bridge from Billingsgate (Low Water), 1833 (etching on paper)
7485341 New London Bridge from Billingsgate (Low Water), 1833 (etching on paper) by Cooke, Edward William (1811-80); 28x37 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Plates of Captain Cook Voyages, Volume I. A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End foreland
7295526 Plates of Captain Cook Voyages, Volume I. A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End foreland, 1770 (engraving, etching) by Parkinson

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"Rowing: A Timeless Pursuit of Strength, Skill, and Serenity" Immerse yourself in the world of rowing, a sport that has captivated hearts for centuries. From the whimsical illustrations of William Heath Robinson's "Ultra-Marine" to the picturesque boathouses lining the River Thames in Henley-on-Thames, England, rowing is an art form that combines athleticism with natural beauty. Step into a rowing boat eight and feel the power as each member of the crew team synchronizes their strokes. The grace and determination displayed by legendary figures like Grace Darling, who fearlessly rowed alongside her father to save lives at sea, exemplify the indomitable spirit of this sport. Travel back in time to 1913 and witness Cambridge's rowing team poised on a riverbank before embarking on an epic race. Their camaraderie and dedication are palpable through Arild Rosenkrantz's evocative photograph. But rowing isn't confined to rivers alone; it extends its reach even to quaint fishing villages like Beesands in Devon. Amidst scenes of fishermen casting their nets against a backdrop of tranquil waters, one can almost hear the rhythmic sound of oars slicing through waves. Cross over Maidenhead bridge towards Skindles hotel and discover how rowers find solace amidst breathtaking landscapes. Ambleside offers another enchanting setting for those seeking tranquility while gliding across shimmering lakes in elegant boats. As we delve deeper into history, we encounter iconic moments such as George Washington crossing Delaware during America's War of Independence. This chromolithograph immortalizes his courageous journey—a testament to how pivotal role-rowers played throughout history. Whether you're drawn by its artistic allure or inspired by tales from yesteryears' races like Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race in 1873—rowing remains an enduring symbol of strength united with teamwork.