View of Vauxhall Bridge (showing the London steamer)

A (southern?) view of Vauxhall Bridge, featuring the passenger-filled ‘London’ paddle-steamer on the left in port broadside view. A Thames barge carrying cargo lies in the right foreground with a small fishing boat at her left. Another fishing boat lies in the centre of the picture. Many leisurely rowing boats occupy the rest of the Thames towards the right. Plate 8. Coloured aquatint by Robert Havell & Son, published by Colnaghi.

Object Details

ID: PAH0157
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd; Robert Havell & Son
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: London (circa 1817)
Date made: 1 Feb 1821
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 335 x 493 mm; plate: 268 x 360 mm;