| AltRefNo | Theatre Collection - Royal Aquarium |
| Title | Playbill advertising William Beckwith |
| Description | The Beckwith family of swimmers performed extraordinary feats of endurance and skill such as the father Willie eating sponge cakes and smoking under water In 1880 Agnes Beckwith (Britain) trod water for 30 hours in the whale tank of the Royal Aquarium of Westminster to equal a time by Matthew Webb. As a teenager, (in 1875) she had swum six miles in the Thames River from London Bridge to Greenwich. |
| Date | 1882 |
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| Access Status | Open |
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| Code | Set |
| PL1434 | Royal Aquarium, Tothill St/St Margaret, Westminster |