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A minutes silence of you please to remember the 'Putney Disaster' of October 20th 1786, when a dopey local clergyman crashed his cart into the Thames, taking his wife with him for an unexpected second baptism
JONATHAN TRIM Venue 40 Leigh Art Trail 2019 Exhibition of work based on Thames Estuary. PV Friday 7th June 7pm ongoing through the week until 15th June.
Old Waterloo Bridge viewed from the terrace of Somerset House before the construction of Victoria Embankment. In total Bazalgette’s Thames embankment scheme of the 1860s reclaimed 22 acres of land from the river. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum
“Blackwall Yard” by Francis Holman
On the north bank of the Thames near Greenwich in 1784s. The 74 on the stocks in the middle is thought to be HMS Venerable. She will go on to be Admiral Duncan's flagship at the Battle of Camperdown
#Maritime #RoyalNavy #Camperdown
Pintando Londres #london #paintings #landscape #cityscape #thames https://t.co/vDwpUIrxNs
From free art exhibitions to a gin-tasting session, check out what's coming up in Kingston over the next ten days: https://t.co/eqB9oXBcMQ #KingstonUponThames
“The natural world is the greatest source of excitement. The greatest source of visual beauty. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” ~ Sir David Attenborough.
#earthday #earthday2019 #sirdavidattenborough #art #artwithamessage #saveourplanet
Shades of Canaletto here with this Venetian-style portrait of the River Thames, with Somerset House to the left and St Paul's Cathedral dominating the background skyline, by Thomas Malton, #London (1796)
Gilbert Thames spotted running an illegitimate business as a Paradocks City Tour Guide!!
He started out running through most of downtown.. then skating.. now he barely takes you 3 blocks!? What a rip!! 🙀💢💢💢
Artist and architect Thomas Sandby intended this ‘Bridge of Magnificence’ to span the Thames at Somerset House. Inspired by Piranesi and Palladio the c. 1780 design consisted of nine arches supporting a colonnade and classical pavilions. Image © The Trustees of the @BritishMuseum
‘The Town of Tomorrow: 50 Years of Thamesmead’: my review of this fine new book and some great pics of the future we once dreamed of.
https://t.co/vQ9rvbqU02
Sketches along the South Bank of the Thames, my favourite river: https://t.co/CTN3079RBI #urbansketchers #london
An intimate view of Old Waterloo Bridge in 1911 by Edward Louis Lawrenson. Against a background of refracted light on the surface of the Thames, a lighterman navigates a barge with the silhouette of Hungerford Bridge in the distance. Image © Trustees of the @BritishMuseum
55 councils signed the Local Govt Leaders' #ClimateChange Declaration. The other twenty-three, incl Coromandel & West Coast have not. Pictured is Sandra Goudie, Mayor of Thames Coromandel. My @NZStuff @SundayStarTimes #cartoon #nzpol
The Library Service provides a free home delivery service for Richmond upon Thames residents who, because of age or disability, are unable to get to their local library and do not have anyone who can borrow and return items for them. https://t.co/Eb37ebc0Ef
River Thames this morning
#sketchbook #watercolour #morninglight #riverthames #london
LONDON FOG OVER THAMES - Palette Knife Oil Painting On Canvas By Leonid Afremov https://t.co/NuxGzUFJwj
#art Henry Pether - Marlow on Thames - Lambeth Palace - 1858 - God's House Tower ..... Thank you all for sharing .. see you soon!