When you revisit a painting from a few years ago, hopefully improving it in the process. “Thames Barges, Maldon” half sheet watercolour, it’s available and may need a click to fully appreciate

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From today!

BRAND NEW Toad on the Road Trail, tying in with this week’s summer activities theme of ‘We ❤️ Henley’

Start and finish at the Museum, find all the places Toad has visited and you can claim a prize!

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🍯🐝💕
Thank you Thames & Jasperz for amazing cosplay🥰

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2nd August 1870 - London’s Tower Subway, a tiny one-carriage cable-hauled railway beneath the Thames - opens to the public. It was effectively the first “tube” railway. The tunnel now carries cables, but last yr I went hunting & found southern entrance site, off Tooley St.

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at by James Thomas Linnell (lot 2029 at Elstob and Elstob Auctioneers 19th August)

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🎣Before the 1800s, the Thames was a rich habitat, full of fish to be caught and sold at Billingsgate Market. By 1957, a study found none.

So what happened? Curator Dr Hannah Stockton unravels the murky story of pollution in London's lifeline: https://t.co/BdgGMPbRmQ

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Perfect for a hot day, The Thames at Richmond with Twickenham Bridge.

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17 July 1717. George I sailed down the River Thames, with the acclaimed musical composer, Frideric Handel (top left), and 50 musicians who publicly performed the composer’s Water Music for the first time.

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William John Hennessy, 1839-1917, Irish artist - A Summer Evening on the Thames

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A painting from Monday at Hurley on the river Thames. Oil on linen board 18 x 24 cm.

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Charles James Lewis, 1830 – 1892, English painter - A Thames lock, summertime

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London, a view from the river Thames, with st Paul's cathedral .
Antonio Joli. Modena circa 1700 - 1777 Naples
Private collection, oil on canvas, 15 by 28 in.; 38 by 71 cm.

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RT : An epic last-stand by a British frigate against French galleys in the Thames estuary in 1707 occurred close to the end of the galley’s day as a fighting vessel – it had lasted some 2000 years since Athens’ naval greatness. https://t.co/rPQ5oXCYMP

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