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Lot Essay
The Thames in this period was showing signs of renewed vitality. Since 1909 the Port of London Authority had made many improvements to the river and its extensive dock system. By the 1930s the 'First Port of Empire' employed 100,000 people and handled 35,000,000 tonnes of cargo within its 700 acres of enclosed dock water and at its 1,700 riverside wharves.
This present work recalls another painting by the same artist, London, Winter, 1928 in the collection of the Museum of London which looks towards the City from the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. In both pictures Nevinson devotes the foreground and middle ground to the contemporary working river with its cranes, tugs and barges. (see M. Galinou and J. Hayes, London in Paint: Oil Paintings in the Collection at the Museum of London, London, 1996, pp. 394 and 173).
This present work recalls another painting by the same artist, London, Winter, 1928 in the collection of the Museum of London which looks towards the City from the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. In both pictures Nevinson devotes the foreground and middle ground to the contemporary working river with its cranes, tugs and barges. (see M. Galinou and J. Hayes, London in Paint: Oil Paintings in the Collection at the Museum of London, London, 1996, pp. 394 and 173).