Suspension Bridge, Hammersmith

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

William Westall was born in Hertford; the son of a brewer and brother of Richard, RA. He enrolled at the Royal Academy schools in 1799 and was later draughtsman for a voyage to Australia and the South Seas. After being shipwrecked he travelled to Canton in China and to India, staying in Bombay for several months. He returned to England in 1805 but later set off for Madeira and Jamaica. He became a member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours (1811) and an associate of the Academy (1812). Following a mental breakdown he regularly visited the Lake District and published ‘Views of the Valley and Vale of Keswick’ (1820). His series of aquatints of the Thames, universities and public schools for Ackermann are among his most popular works.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Hammersmith, Hammersmith Bridge

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, townscape/cityscape, Victorian Genre, tree, river, man, woman, girl, bridge (urban), sailboat

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

William Westall (1781 - 1850)
James Baily

Title

Suspension Bridge, Hammersmith

Date

published 1828

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Dimensions

height: 21.50 cm, width: 29.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Agnew's, November 1962

Provenance

With Agnew’s Gallery, London (Stock No.23032); from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in November 1962

GAC number

5949