THE OXFORD CAPTAIN'S WINNING BLADE FROM THE 1865 OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE

constructed from wood and painted and inscribed with the crew’s names, colleges and weights, with leather locator and stamped for position number 5 for Allan Morrison – 148in. (376cm.) long; together with a photograph triptych of the 1865 crew inscribed and dated as appropriate, the photos 7 x 6in.; and crew photographs for 1865 with manuscript names behind; and the 1865 6 x 6in. winning silk pennant with fringe edging, painted with the college arms and inscribed in gilt to A. Morrison, Captain, contained within section of later folding glazed display case -- 17 x 9.5in. (43 x 24cm.)

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Provenance: Allan Morrison and thence by descent.