Frozen Thames Painting

The frozen thames walter greaves 18461930 leeds art gallery leeds museums and galleries next artwork back to image.

Frozen thames painting. London museums london art river thames discover ideas about old london the frozen thames looking eastwards towards old london bridge. In this painting from 1677 you can see how thick the ice would have been on the thames. However as you may imagine from holding a festival on a rather precarious piece of ice there was the occasional tragedy. 1677 by abraham hondius.

Depicts london during the little ice age. During the fair of 1739 a whole swathe of ice gave away and swallowed up tents and businesses as well as people. The frozen river for its brief duration may even have simplified travel through the chaotic medieval city. Whistlers nocturnes often depicting the thames at night were characterised by their use of dark colour and transparent blurred layers of paint.

Blue and gold old battersea bridge was decried for flinging a pot of paint in the publics face by prominent art critic and writer john ruskin. In 1410 it lasted for 14 weeks. Citation neededthe period from the mid 14th century to the 19th century in europe is called the little ice age because. Before 1814 the river thames regularly froze over because the water flowed more slowly.

The frozen thames looking eastwards towards old london bridge london abraham hondius c16251691 museum of london. Completed in 1677 when the thames also froze the picture conveyed a quite different vision of the river a polar wasteland dwarfing men and animals as they clamber over giant cubes of sea ice under a bold and threatening sky. Before 1814 the river thames regularly froze over because the water flowed more slowly. The museum of london stores a collection of paintings showing frost fairs on the river and ice skating.

Art uk is the operating name of the public catalogue foundation a charity registered in england and wales 1096185 and scotland sc048601. As long ago as 923 the river was open to wheeled traffic for trade and the transport of goods for 13 weeks. The museum of london stores a collection of paintings showing frost fairs on the river and ice skating.