A blocky, linear view of the south bank at Rotherhithe along the Thames. Beached Lighterboats line the Wharf at Rotherhithe and the tower at left is St. Mary’s Church. A riverscape of this view from the 1937 photographic series commissioned by Port of London Authority identifies Hope Wharf below St. Mary’s. A departure from the photographic series’ view, Janes’ work takes in the curve of the bank, which allows the inclusion of lighterboats, steamers, and pleasure crafts in the lower right.

Signed by artist and dated.; No.7 of 40. Watermark at upper left. Etching includes aquatint.

Norman Janes (1892-1980) was a British Artist and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers between 1945 and 1962. Janes attended the Slade School of Fine Arts, the Central School of Art and Crafts, and the Royal College of Art. His teachers included Henry Tonks, William Palmer Robins, Sir Frank Short and Malcolm Osborne.