1850
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Houses of Parliament in course of erection is a 1850 watercolor by James Wilson Carmichael, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a busy riverbank with boats and workers. In the background, a huge stone building with tall towers and pointed roofs is under construction. The sky is soft and hazy, while the water has small ripples. The detail of the cranes and scaffolding hints at how big and complicated the building project was. The artist focused on the mix of daily life and grand architecture. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this painting in person.
A watercolour by James Wilson Carmichael from 1850 shows the exterior of the Houses of Parliament while under construction, with the artist’s signature and the note “Sketched on the spot.”
Read the full account in the museum source.
John Wilson Carmichael (9 June 1799 – 2 May 1868) was an English painter who specialised in marine art and landscape painting.
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