Westminster Bridge – 1745

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Samuel Scott, marine and topographical painter, was born in London in c.1702. His early subjects were marine scenes and naval engagements, painted in the style of the van de Veldes. However, following Antonio Canaletto's visit to the capital in 1746, Scott was influenced by the growing popularity of the Venetian artist's views of London and the Thames and devoted himself almost exclusively to this subject. Scott's London views became particularly popular. Unlike other imitators of Canaletto, he avoided the Venetian artist's permanent Venetian blue skies. He settled in the fashionable writers' and artists' village of Twickenham but later moved to Bath, where he died.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Westminster Bridge, Westminster

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, townscape/cityscape, Victorian Genre, smoke, river, bridge (urban), house, chimney, barge/canal boat, sailboat

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Samuel Scott (c.1702 - 1772)
James Baylis Allen (1803 - 1876)

Title

Westminster Bridge – 1745

Date

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: cm, width: cm

Provenance

HM Revenue and Customs, Somerset House

GAC number

18458