Manchester Art Gallery

Boat Race

Walter Goetz, 1911 - 1995


Boat Race

Walter Goetz 1911 - 1995

Summary

A poster commissioned by London Transport in 1936 promoting travel by tram and trolleybus to the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The boat race was hugely popular, attracting large crowds as depicted by Goetz spilling onto the streets, watching from windows and rooftops, and from the bridge over the River Thames.


Object Name

Boat Race

Creators Name

Walter Goetz

Date Created

1936

Dimensions

object (object:):

accession number

1936.362

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print

Place of creation

London

Support

paper

Medium

Lithograph


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