"View of a promenade lined with trees next to the River Thames, looking towards the York Buildings water-works and the tower of the old steam engine on the right, with the York Water Gate in front; on the left is the river with Westminster Bridge in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1366., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated in lower left corner, resulting in slight loss of title. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted to 24 x 35 cm., and Leaf 61 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Strand, The (London, England),, Thames River (England),, Westminster Bridge (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
York-Buildings Company.
Subject (Topic):
Rivers, Hydraulic facilities, Bridges, Walkways, Stairways, Trees, and Boats
A scene along the Thames River in Twickenham with modest functional structures on the wooded banks bustling with activity. Barges with sails float on the water. A man leads two horses from the shore while other horses ford the river. A man with a companion pushes a wheelbarrow while a family strolls in the middle distance. On the far shore smoke billows from a chimney stack among a cluster of buildings
Alternative Title:
Wooded river landscape and Thames at Twickenham
Description:
Title, artist and date on brass plate on frame: Scene at Twickenham by J. Laporte. 1785., Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal: A wooded river landscape, traditionally identified as The Thames at Twickenham., and Signed lower left: J. Laporte 1785.
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), and Twickenham (London, England)
Watercolor of the view of Horace Walpole's home, Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, with the Thames River and the lawns
Description:
Title devised by curator., Companion drawing to his: Strawberry Hill chiefly taken in the year 1769 by Mr. Sandby. Lewis Walpole call no.: 49 3485 (12) no. 1., Drawing that was later used as the basis of an engraving for A description of the villa of Horace Walpole (1784) entitled: South front of Strawberry Hill., and Paul Sandby (bap. 1731-1809), English artist and architect.
A panoramic view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral includes a low horizon punctuated by Wren church steeples and a large expanse of cloudy sky. Fashionable figures stroll on the terrace of Somerset house while the river bustles with boats
Description:
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal. and In the manner of Antonio Joli and formerly attributed to both him and Samual Scott.
A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
Alternative Title:
Pope's villa, Twickenham
Description:
Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
