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The Elephant's Revenge
GB 2014 WS-04-LAN-03-06 · File · 1900-1907
Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

This description contains terms and images that are offensive. They should be understood in their historical context and do not represent the views of Westminster School today. A story based on Wilhelm Busch's 1863 comic morality tale, in which an elephant is shot and takes revenge on its attacker. The titles come from the captions that appear on the slides. A complete digitised set of these slides can be found online at http://www.slides.uni-trier.de/set/index.php?id=3000009 [accessed: 07/10/2015]

GB 2014 WS-04-LAN-01-01-1 · Item · 1845
Part of Westminster School's Archive and Collections

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).

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