Oar Collection (page 4)

Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire, 6th July 1912 (1937). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls
Henley Regatta, Oxfordshire, 6th July 1912 (1937). The royal barge, rowed by red-liveried watermen, bearing King George V, Queen Mary, and Princess Mary

The Franks cross the raging sea, 1882-1884. A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume I, F Roy editor, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Combat between Roman and Veneti vessels, Loire river, 56 BC (1882-1884). Artist: Dietrich
Combat between Roman and Veneti vessels, Loire river, 56 BC (1882-1884). The Veneti were a Gallic tribe that inhabited Brittany

A wedding procession on boats, Norway. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

Lieutenant Caldwell Slipping the chain, American Civil War, 1861-1865 (c1880). A print from Cassells History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London

The mummy of Tutankhamun crossing the Nile for the last time, Egypt, 1325 BC (1933-1934). The funeral bark is a copy of a boat which was kept at Abydos and specially dedicated to the use of Osiris

A Neolithic catastrophe, c1920
A Neolithic catastrophe, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The University Boat Race, March 1912 (1935). Both the Oxford and Cambridge boats sank during the race, swamped by rough waters in the Thames

The Fish Don t Bite Today. Artist: Keystone View Company
The Fish Don t Bite Today. Stereoscopic card detail

A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, late 18th century. Artist: Page
A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, late 18th century. In the North Pacific Ocean with Rowers Masked. The Sandwich Islands are now known as Hawaii

Venetian galley, (c1880). Galleys, ships propelled using oars, were used from ancient times until at least the 16th century

The Isis Macaroni, 1772. Artist: John Collet
The Isis Macaroni, 1772. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Opening of the London Coal Exchange, Royal Procession, Custom-House Quay, London, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

General Garibaldi spearing fish by night off Caprera, Sardinia, Italy, 1861. Artist: Frank Vizetelly
General Garibaldi spearing fish by night off Caprera, Sardinia, Italy, 1861. Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) using a trident to catch fish off the island of Caprera

Queen Elizabeths river coronation procession, London, 1558 (c1905). Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

An Ancient Briton In His Boat, (c1850). Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York, c1850)

Boatman, costume design for Shakespeares play, Henry VIII, 19th century. A 19th-century costume design for William Shakespeares (1564-1616) play, Henry VIII

The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart
The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Miniature colour print from The Chronicler of European Chivalry by GG Coulton, (London, 1930)

Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). Artist: Henry Scott Tuke
Ruby, Gold and Malachite, 1902, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Native of the Papua Islands, c1840. Artist: J Bull
Native of the Papua Islands, c1840. A man from Papua New Guinea. Engraving from the Natural History of Man by J Bull, (London, c1840)

The Poor Fisherman, 1879. Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
The Poor Fisherman, 1879. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Arrival of Aeneas in Italy. Morning of the Roman Empire, c. 1620-1680. Artist: Claude Lorrain
Arrival of Aeneas in Italy. Morning of the Roman Empire, c.1620-1680. Lorrain, Claude (1600-1682). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Fight on a barge, 1902. Two French gendarmes and three men fighting on board a boat. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th January 1895

Lost at Sea, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Lost at Sea, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 3rd January 1891

Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Passage of the Argonauts through the Symplegades, Hellespont, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Scene of Hell, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Scene of Hell, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Thessalie, (Thessaly), 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
Thessalie, (Thessaly), 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615

Ulysses and the sirens, Roman mosaic, 3rd century AD. From the Odyssey by Homer. Located in the collection of the Bardo Museum, Tunisia

The Galley of Cleopatra, c1900. Cleopatra VII (reigned 51-30 BC) was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, coming to the throne after the death of her father Ptolemy XII Auletes

The Boat, 1820-1876. Artist: George Sand
The Boat, 1820-1876. George Sand was the pseudonym of the French novelist and feminist Amandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant (1804-1876)

Apollo Pursuing Daphne, c1755-1760. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Apollo Pursuing Daphne, c1755-1760. In Greek mythology Daphne, daughter of river god Peneus, was dedicated to a life of virginity

Moliere and the mendicant friar, (19th century). A scene showing the French playwright Jean Baptiste de Moliere (1622-1673) and a monk

The fight against the Papacy and the Empire, 16th century. From the National Library of France, Paris

Jonah and the Whale, early Christian Sarcophagus, Roman Marble, 4th century. At Vatican Museums

Roman relief of a war triereme. Note the ram at the prow, and the large steering-oar at the stern

Roman mosaic of a ferry-boat, 2nd century
Roman mosaic of a ferry-boat on the Nile from Pompeii, 2nd century

Roman wall mosaic of a ferry-boat, 1st century
Roman wall mosaic of a ferry-boat on the Nile, from Pompeii, 1st century

Early Christian depiction of Jonah and the Whale on a sarcophagus, 4th century
Image of Jonah and the Whale, from an early marble Christian sarcophagus from Rome, 4th Century. Currently in the Vatican Museum

Roman war galley equipped with a corvus (right), 18th century. The corvus was a weapon used for boarding enemy vessels, developed in the First Punic War against the Carthaginians

Why Shouldn t Girton Rink, When Cambridge Rows?, 1876. Artist: George Du Maurier
Why Shouldn t Girton Rink, When Cambridge Rows?, 1876 Lady students from Girton College on the towpath waving to crews rowing on the river Cam

Battle of Lepanto, October 1571. The fleets of Spain, Venice and the Pope, under the command of Don Juan of Austria, defeated the Turks in the last great sea battle involving galleys

Crusaders embarking for the Holy Land, 15th century. Banners show the Papal arms, those of the Holy Roman Emperor and the kings of England, France and Sicily. From Statutes of Order of Saint Esprit

Wall painting from tomb of Sennefer, Abydos, Ancient Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c1450 BC. Detail showing a boat on the Nile with a square-rigged sail and oarsmen

Forging an anchor, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

Constellation of Argo Navis, 1723. From Uranometria by Johannes Bayer. (Ulm, 1723). German astronomer and lawyer Bayer (1572-1625)

Detail of Greek Ship with Large Steering Oar, Relief Carving 2nd century BC. Relief on rocks of Acropolis at Lindos, Rhodes, Greece

Roman relief of a Roman warship, manned by soldiers. Slaves would have been pulling the oars

Roman mosaic of a Roman warship, c. 2nd century BC
Roman mosaic of a Roman warship, in Sousse Museum. Note the ram at the prow, and the eye for good luck, c.2nd century BC

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