Sport where individuals or teams row boats by oar or steer them as a coxswain

concept

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the Lord Mayor of London disembarking, greeted by the Governor [?], with rowing boats and barges to the left. Engraving by V. Woodthorpe, 1804, after E. F. Burney.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground. Watercolour.

Artistic poses, plates XIIA & B: a man rowing. Lithograph by Robert J. Colenso.

Panoramic view of the park and town, Luchon with the mountains in the background. Lithograph by E. Ciceri after himself.

A young child helps a fisherman pull on the oar of his boat. Etching by Leopold Flameng after E. Renouf.

Two naked men rowing. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a ceremony in progress. Engraving by F. J. Havell after himself, and W. Havell.

'Panopepton' : presents solids in fluid form / Fairchild Brothers & Foster.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, the quay with ships in the foreground, viewed from the pier. Ink drawing.

A naked man sits on a rowing machine and rows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Royal Hospital, Greenwich, seen from the Isle of Dogs. Pencil drawing.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

University oars : being a critical enquiry into the after health of the men who rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race from the year 1829-1869, based on the personal experience of the rowers themselves / by John Ed. Morgan.

London 2012 Paralympic Games : Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, James Roe, David Smith, Lily van den Broecke : Saturday 1 September 2012, Eton Dorney : gold medal winner / [Royal Mail].

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Rowing

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Images about Rowing

Works from the collections

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

'Panopepton' : presents solids in fluid form / Fairchild Brothers & Foster.

Panoramic view of the park and town, Luchon with the mountains in the background. Lithograph by E. Ciceri after himself.

University oars : being a critical enquiry into the after health of the men who rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race from the year 1829-1869, based on the personal experience of the rowers themselves / by John Ed. Morgan.

London 2012 Paralympic Games : Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, James Roe, David Smith, Lily van den Broecke : Saturday 1 September 2012, Eton Dorney : gold medal winner / [Royal Mail].

Rowing

Images from the collections

Images about Rowing

Works from the collections

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

'Panopepton' : presents solids in fluid form / Fairchild Brothers & Foster.

Panoramic view of the park and town, Luchon with the mountains in the background. Lithograph by E. Ciceri after himself.

University oars : being a critical enquiry into the after health of the men who rowed in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race from the year 1829-1869, based on the personal experience of the rowers themselves / by John Ed. Morgan.

London 2012 Paralympic Games : Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, James Roe, David Smith, Lily van den Broecke : Saturday 1 September 2012, Eton Dorney : gold medal winner / [Royal Mail].

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