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)
Sheet (height x width): 11 13/16 x 16 7/16in. (30 x 41.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
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.
Object number1990.99.20
InscribedOn recto, beneath upper vignettes, printed in black ink, "COLUMBIA OBSERVING HARVARD." "COLUMBIA CREW GETTING OUT THEIR BOAT." "HARVARD OBSERVING COLUMBIA."; lower center, beneath main image, printed in black ink, "THE HARVARD AND COLUMBIA BOAT-RACE AT NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT--THE FINISH."; lower left, in pencil, "695"On verso, lower left, in pencil, accession number
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