The Thames by Moonlight with Southwark Bridge

The Thames by Moonlight with Southwark Bridge
Artist	John Atkinson Grimshaw
Year	1884
Type	Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions	75 cm× 127 cm(30 in× 50 in)
Location	Guildhall Art Gallery, London

The Thames by Moonlight with Southwark Bridge is an 1884 landscape painting by the British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It features a riverscape view of the River Thames by moonlight looking westwards towards Southwark Bridge with St Paul's Cathedral silhouetted on the skyline. While Grimshaw had attracted attention by producing street scenes of the port cities of Northern England, he moved to London to produce a variety of works. ^[4]

The painting is now in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London, having been acquired from Sotheby's in 1967. ^[5]

References

1. Roe p.75
2. Robertson p.80
3. Baron p.586
4. Robertson p.75
5. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-thames-by-moonlight-with-southwark-bridge-london-51448

Bibliography

• Baron, Xavier. London, 1066-1914: Late Victorian and early modern London 1870-1914. Helm Information, 1997.
• Robertson, Alexander. Atkinson Grimshaw. Phaidon Press, 1996.
• Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the City of London of London. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2009.