Lambeth Palace and the Horseferry from Westminster

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for Work & Pensions, Caxton House, Tothill Street

The foreground of this painting shows a busy wharf, where boats are being loaded with people and produce. The wharf is bustling with activity, as people from all walks of life board a variety of boats to cross the river. This area is now the site of Victoria Tower Gardens on the Thames Embankment, a triangular garden on the bank of the Thames, between the Houses of Parliament and Lambeth Bridge. Across the River Thames we see Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The horseferry can just be made out, transporting a coach and horses by raft, to the right of the composition.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Horseferry, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth, Westminster

Subjects

fishing boat, rowing boat, fisherman, topography, townscape/cityscape, British School C18th, swan, river, shore, man, woman, ensign (ship), palace, chimney, sailboat, ship, oar

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

British 18th century unknown

Title

Lambeth Palace and the Horseferry from Westminster

Date

c.1720

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 72.00 cm, width: 96.70 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Roy Miles, February 1973

GAC number

10000