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Glass Plate Negative (209mm x 164mm). Lithograph showing the Westminster VIII crossing the finish line ahead of the other boats. There is a large crowd on the Bridge and at the shore. The complete caption reads: "The Eight Oared Outrigger in which the Gentlemen of Westminster School beat the Etonians in 1m.5sec. in the match from Barker's Rails to Putney Bridge on Tuesday July 29th 1845. Dedicated to the Gentlemen of Westminster school by their most obedient servants Noulton & Wyld". Reproduced as Plate 15 in ' Westminster School' (L.E. Tanner, 1934).