Thames, below Bridge · At the 1884 Whitechapel Exhibition

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Title: Thames, below Bridge
Actual Title: Blackwall
Artist: C. Napier Hemy
Artist Full Name: Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917)
Type: Oil on canvas
Size (HxW mm): 1219 x 1828
Current Location: London Museum: 69.157, 1872.
Lent By: George Howard, Esq.
Catalog Number: 28
Catalog Page: 5
Catalog Description: The city rises in a grey mist, behind the shipping. The boats are "outward bound," and beyond / "fair and free / The floodgates are open away to the sea."--(C. Kingsley)
Curators Notes: The painting is an alternate. It has been chosen as an example of the artist's style because the subject, the type (or genre), and the date align with the painting listed in the catalog.
Alt-Text: Painting of a busy 19th-century harbor with sailing ships docked along a stone quay, small rowboats and steam-powered vessels on the water, under a cloudy sky. Buildings line the waterfront in the background.