A paddle-steamer and other shipping on the River Avon at Pill, near Bristol

Details

Joseph Walter (1783-1856)
A paddle-steamer and other shipping on the River Avon at Pill, near Bristol
signed 'J. Walter' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 March 1990, lot 14 (sold £11.800).

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Lot Essay

The view looks upstream towards Pill with Hungwood on the right, the Lamplighters Hall in the centre and Shirehampton on the left. The first steamer to operate a regular service in the West Country was the Charlotte which ran between Bristol and Bath on the Avon from 1813-14. By 1822, a regular service was operating between Bristol, Cork, Dublin, Swansea, Chepstow and Newport.

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