Watercolour drawing by the Grieve family, showing Battersea Bridge
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Watercolour drawing by the Grieve family, showing Battersea Bridge is a 1850 by Grieve, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour drawing by the Grieve family depicts Battersea Bridge spanning a river from left to right, with a riverbank in the foreground featuring a small hut, a flagpole, and the hull of a grounded ship. The work is part of a collection of scene-painting designs created by the Grieve family, who were associated with London theatres in the 19th century. The drawing was donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum by John Walford Grieve, grandson of Thomas Walford Grieve.
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This bundle gathers delicate early 19th-century watercolours by the Grieve family, mostly of quiet corners in Kent and along the Thames.
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