The (cropped) picture shows part of the earliest-known scene of a race between two eight-oared boats at Oxford University.  It has been suggested that the picture shows the "disputed bump" of 1822 in a race between Jesus College and Brasenose College, but this is uncertain.  See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oxfordrowinghist00sheruoft">Sherwood's book</a> at page 10 for more information; also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_College_Boat_Club_(Oxford)" class="extiw" title="en:Jesus College Boat Club (Oxford)">Jesus College Boat Club</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Thomas_Serres" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Thomas Serres"><span title="British painter (1759-1825)">John Thomas Serres</span></a>
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1 March 1822<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1822-03-01T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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