London Bridge from the Steam Packet Wharf

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Gideon Yates, also at times described as Major George Yates, was a topographical artist who travelled extensively in the UK and on the Continent. He is particularly known for his views of bridges and buildings in London, mainly in the areas of Bermondsey and Southwark. Yates contributed two illustrations of London Bridge, drawn in 1823 and 1827, to lithographer R. Martin’s ‘Views of London Bridges’, a series of twelve plates published in three parts in c.1830.

Places

England, River Thames, London, London Bridge, City of London, Southwark, Southwark Cathedral

Subjects

rowing boat, barrel, topography, townscape/cityscape, river bank, river, boy, man, woman, girl, wharf, bridge (urban), quay, warehouse, church, steamboat

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Gideon Yates (c.1790 - c.1840)

Title

London Bridge from the Steam Packet Wharf

Date

1837

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 32.50 cm, width: 55.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, August 1964

Inscription

br: G. Yates 1837

GAC number

6701