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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. [1] [2] He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999).
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Visible on the skyline are St John's, Smith Square, Westminster Hall, Westminster Abbey and the tower St Margaret's. [2] It was the city's second bridge across the Thames following the medieval era London Bridge, built from 1739 and opening in 1750 to a design by the architect Charles Labelye.
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Thorney Street Westminster. Thorney Island was the eyot (or small island) on the River Thames, upstream of medieval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly known today as the Houses of Parliament) were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn, which entered the Thames nearby.
Spring – James McNeill Whistler publishes Sixteen etchings of scenes on the Thames and paints his first "moonlights" (later called "nocturnes") of the river. March 18–May 28 – Paris Commune: April 5 – Federation of Artists, organized by Gustave Courbet, holds its first meeting in Paris.
The Thames and Medway. A series of eighty engravings displaying the most picturesque waterside scenery of ten counties etc (London: Thomas Holmes, c. 1865). Books with engravings by Tombleson: Brayley, E. W. A series of views of the most interesting remains of ancient castles of England and Wales (Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown, 1823).