Collection of Eight Cambridge, Oxford, and Henley Regatta Oar Blades

Shield shape each painted with a different college. Some identified on recerse.

Rowing Oar Blade, Queen's College Eight 1920, Oxford University. The full-length oar is an original traditional Queen's College Eight (Oxford University) presentation rowing oar with...

Collection Of Very Rare Rowing Trophies, Medals & Silver Oars. This outstanding collection of Henley Regatta and Oxford University medals, medallions, cups ...

Antique map titled 'Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Befordia, Harfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middlesexia, Southhatonia, Surria, Catiu & Southsexia'. Old map of south east England. Includes London, Salisbury, Oxford, Cambridge, Leicester and Norwich and the Isle of Wight. Originates from the 1633 German edition of the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Major, published by Henricus Hondius and Jan Jansson under the title: 'Atlas: das ist Abbildung der gantzen Welt, mit allen darin begriffenen Laendern und Provintzen: sonderlich von Teutschland, Franckreich, Niderland, Ost und West Indien: mit Beschreibung der selben.' Artists and engravers: Gerard Mercator (1512 - 1594) originally a student of philosophy was one of the most renowned cosmographers and geographers of the 16th century, as well as an accomplished scientific instrument maker. He is most famous for introducing Mercators Projection, a system which allowed navigators to plot the same constant compass bearing on a flat map.

Cambridge preparing for the boat race. A wonderful atmospheric rowing lithograph of the Cambridge crew getting into a rowing scull preparing for a race....

Original state with a pleasant patine of age, gently cleaned and delicately re-polished with shelack finish.