Thames between the Tower and Westminster

This unusual depiction of shipping in the Pool of London is typical of one of Wyllie's many unconventional treatments of the subject. A lighterman pulls on his sweep in the immediate foreground as a steam tug approaches beyond.

Object Details

ID: PAF0673
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: River Thames
Date made: circa 1880-85
People: Wyllie, William Lionel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 253 mm x 354 mm