Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1865
The Thames Embankment Works between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges
Atmospheric depiction of 'The Thames Embankment Works between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges'. Signed and dated. Construction of timber framework for the embankment. Piles of timber lie on shore & figures are at work on shore & on scaffolding. Steam & sailing boats are on river. In distance is Blackfriars Bridge & dome of St. Paul's. Painting commissioned by donor's grandfather Capt. George Ernest Augustus Ross, stockbroker who died in early 1900s & had this & other London views painted: in particular buildings that were to be demolished. eg 'Sir Paul Pindar' tavern.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 91.175/1
- Object name:
- The Thames Embankment Works between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridges
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Hull, E.
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- Production date:
- 1865
- Material:
- paper, watercolour
- Measurements/duration:
- H 245 mm, W 361 mm (paper)
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- Record quality:
- 60%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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