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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1855,0714.60
Description
View of the Thames and the Tower of London from the Bermondsey side; the view extending to left just beyond London Bridge, the north end of which is visible, a group of four high-decked ships moored near the centre and another at right Pen and brown ink, with grey wash
Producer name
Attributed to:
Alexander Keirincx
School/style
Flemish
British
Production date
1637-1640
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
146 millimetres
Width:
277 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The two tall church spires appear to be 1) St Laurence Poultney (beyond London Bridge) and 2) St Dunstan's in the East (above the group of ships), both spires destroyed in the Great Fire.
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(1)
Location
Not on display
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
River Thames
Topographic representation of:
London
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1855
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1855,0714.60