A large portrait of waterman George Maynard wearing the victor’s Doggett coat and badge – he was the winner in 1833. The oldest sculling contest in the world, the Doggett’s Coat & Badge race for London watermen, was established in 1715 by the Irish comedian and actor Mr Thomas Doggett and is now organised by the Company of Fishmongers on the River Thames. The prize for the winner is a coat and silver badge featuring a Hanoverian horse, plus a small amount of money. The picture is annotated on the stretcher: ‘Mr Maynard’, Portland Place, Wandsworth Road. Mr Maynard briefly lived at No.6 Portland Place in the 1860s and died in 1866. The artist was Mr Thomas Cooper and it was painted in 1848 at his art studio, 41 King William Street, London. Other Lambeth winners of the race include – 1721, C. Gurney of Vauxhall; 1778, H.J.B. Pearson of Lambeth; 1805, T. Johnson of Vauxhall; 1822, W. Noulton of Lambeth; 1828, R. Mallett of Lambeth; 1830, W. Butler of Vauxhall; 1839, T. Goodruva of Vauxhall Stairs; 1844, F. Lett of Lambeth; 1852, C. Constable; 1902, R.G. Odell of Lambeth; and 1904, W. A. Pizzey of Lambeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A large portrait of waterman George Maynard wearing the victor’s Doggett coat and badge – he was the winner in 1833. The oldest sculling contest in the world, the Doggett’s Coat & Badge race for London watermen, was established in 1715 by the Irish comedian and actor Mr Thomas Doggett and is now organised by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,158,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1850-1875","category-oil-painting","category-rivers-and-watercourses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n