"The Spurt": A Sketch at an Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Method Woodcut
Artist Sydney Hall
Published Supplement to The Graphic, April 13, 1878
Dimensions Image 328 x 1085 mm
Notes A large-scale woodcut illustration of the Oxford and Cambridge University boat race. The scene shows the two teams at the centre of the image with bustling crowds, press boats and racing crews surrounding them. Issued as a supplement to The Graphic of May 13, 1878, with no text on verso.

The Graphic, founded by William Luson Thomas, was a weekly illustrated newspaper in London that ran from 1869 until 1932. Believing that the Illustrated London News was unsympathetic towards artists, Thomas published The Graphic to compete with the popular Illustrated London News.

Sydney G. Hall (fl.1880s) was a prolific woodcut engraver, who worked predominantly for The Graphic.

Condition: Pressed vertical folds as issued.
Framing framed
Price £750.00
Stock ID 52016

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