The Harvard and Columbia Boat-Race at New London, Connecticut
ArtistDrawn by
Charles Dater Weldon
(American, 1855 - 1935)
PublisherPublished by
Harper's Weekly
(American, 1857 - 1916)
Date1883
MediumWood engraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 3/8 x 14 1/2in. (23.8 x 36.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 13/16 x 16 7/16in. (30 x 41.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1990.99.20
DescriptionFour views of the Harvard-Columbia boat race in New London, Connecticut. Three vignettes at the top of the sheet show Columbia students looking at the river through binoculars and a telescope, the Columbia crew carrying a shell out of a boat house, and Harvard students on a porch looking through a telescope with a boat house in the background. In the main image, a crew rows their shell past a pennant in the foreground. Another shell, several sailboats and rowboats are in the background. Spectators stand on the far shore.
Status
Not on view
2022 February 26
