Roofs and PLA Building

An impressionistic watercolour by the marine artist William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931), one of several studies of London's roofs. This one shows buildings in the eastern part of the City, with the headquarters of the Port of London Authority, opened in 1922, towering in the distance. The PLA was established as a public trust in 1908 to ‘administer, preserve and improve the Port of London’.

Object Details

ID: PAE1756
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 20th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 355 mm x 251 mm