The first man to swim the English Channel, he swam from Dover to Calais in 22 hours in August 1875, and became known as "Captain Webb, the Channel swimmer". He later drowned attempting to swim the Niagara Rapids
Webb, Matthew (Capt), 1848-1883
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[Collection of British broadsheet ballads printed by Henry Disley, 57 High Street, St G...
Date: 1860 - 1830 - 1880
From: [Collection of ephemera, handbills, fliers, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]
By: Disley, Henry, active 1860-1883
Reference: Eph-B-WEBSTER-Ballads-006/042
Description: Includes: 006. Old women's sayings 007. Strike of the journeymen tailors [1834?] 008. What shall we do for meat? 009. The funny divorce case [re Lady M and Charley] 010. Election of Dr Kenealy [Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy, elected 1875] 011. The young woman's ABC 012. The great meeting in Hyde Park [1867] 013. Great meeting in Hyde Park on Monday, August 5th, 1867 014. Death of Louis Napoleon [at Chislehurst, 1873] 015. The dandy horse, or the wonderful velocipede [1860s] 016. Oxford and Cambridge boat race 017. The New Streets Act 018. The Litany for 1871 019. Holiday sprees 020. The new lights of America [Irishmen hoped to seek fortune in America, but are driven out] 021. Five and twenty shillings a week; we may be happy yet 022. The wedding of Louise and Johnny of Lorne [marriage of Lord Lorne to Princess Louise in 1871] 023. The opening of the Thames Embankment [July 1870] 024. The naughty wicked baker has got twelve months in quod 025. Farewell Moodie and Sankey [ca 1875] 026. John Bull's sentiments; or what I have been thinking [Captain Matthew Webb swims the English Channel; the 'Mistletoe' is wrecked. 1875] 027. The great Shah of Persia [1873?] 028. Have you seen the Shah? [1873?] 029. The fight for the championship; Wormald and victory! [Joe Wormald vs Andrew Marsden, 1866] 030. Arrival of the Duchess of Edinburgh [Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh marries Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, 23 January 1874] 031. Captain Jinks's dream; a conversation on the coming elections between Bill Gladstone and Ben Dizzy, written by John Embleton, author of "The political litany on the Irish Church question, &c" [William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, 1874] 032. Duke of Edinboro's marriage [Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh marries Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, 23 January 1874] 033. A political thanksgiving for the great and glorious victory gained by the Liberals and the complete deafeat of the Tories!! [1874] 034. Freedom and reform [pro Gladstone, Beales and Bright] 035. An interesting picture of drunkennness 036. Great fight between Sayers & Heenan for the championship [1860, John C Heenan and Thomas Sayers, boxers] 037. Unlucky Madame Rachael [?charlatan beautician, imprisoned 1869-1872?] 038. The lamentation of a naughty colonel 039. Terrible accident on the ice in Regent's Park, and loss of 40 lives [1867] 040. The naughty lord and the gay young lady. Damages 10,000 pounds [last line uses the expression Lord December and Lady May to describe age difference] 041. The working man's rights [pro Gladstone and Bright, late 1860s?] 042. The funny he-she ladies [transvestites in Regent Square, Paddington, Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, Wakefield Street, investigated by Detective Chamberlain] Quantity: 37 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, mainly stuck to sheets 255 x 190 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Kenneth Athol Webster.
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[Florance, Augustus H] 1812-1879 :Capt. Webb the great swimmer, Sept, 1876
Date: 1876
By: Florance, Augustus (Dr), 1812-1879
Reference: A-196-036
Description: Shows head and shoulders portrait of Capt. Matthew Webb, who swam from Dover to Calais in 22 hours, Aug. 1875 Other Titles - Captain Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash 206 x 246 mm