2-791-459 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Henley Regatta, Eight-Oar'd Match, 1844. Rowing races on the River Thames in Oxfordshire. "The Diamond Sculls," and the other scullers' contests were, as an encouragement to rowing, open to all grades within five miles of Henley, the award of victory being a coat and silver badge. These, with the four-oared race for the Silver Challenge Cup, formed the amusements of the day'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.