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The Thames Gallery is the largest of the River & Rowing Museum's permanent galleries. It provides an interpretation of the River Thames from source to sea. The River Thames is a key element of life in the Thames Valley and the country as a whole. The gallery offers visitors a range of perspectives, looking at the river as an inspiration for the ...
Image Title / subject Location and coordinates Date Artist / designer Type Designation Notes More images: Father Thames: Ham House: 1775: John Bacon: Sculpture
The periods covered range from the first port on the Thames in Roman times to the closure of the central London docks in the 1970s and subsequent transformation of the area with commercial and residential developments. [5] [6] London Museum Docklands has a lecture theatre and meeting rooms and hosts talks and events connected with the docks.
The Victoria Embankment is a road and river-walk on the north bank of the River Thames in London, formed from land reclaimed during the construction of Joseph Bazalgette's sewerage system in the late 19th century. [1] From 1864 a sequence of public gardens called the Victoria Embankment Gardens was created from this land.
Legal Quays in 1757, by Louis Peter Boitard A view of the Pool of London, River Thames, 1841 The Pool of London was of vital importance to the capital for centuries – as early as the 7th century Bede wrote that it was the reason for London's existence [ citation needed ] – but it reached its peak in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Again in 2018 the National Gallery in London exhibited three paintings of the series, together in a single room, for the duration of a temporary exhibition titled Monet & Architecture, devoted to Claude Monet's use of architecture as a means to structure and enliven his art. This was a rare occurrence because no museum owns or exhibits more ...
The BBC reported that the first-known mince-pie recipe dates back to an 1830s-era English cookbook. By the mid-17th century, people reportedly began associating the small pies with Christmas. At ...
The Thames at Weybridge 1805-1806 Tate Britain, London: 90.5 x 121.7 The Hero of a Hundred Fights 1800- 1810 Tate Britain, London: 90.8 x 121.3 Reworked and exhibited in 1847. It depicts a bronze statue of Wellington being removed from its mould. Windsor Castle from the Thames 1805 Tate Britain, London: 91 x 122 Venus and the Dead Adonis 1805?