Boating, Horse and Groom, 1834.
1834
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1834
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Boating, Horse and Groom, 1834. is a 1834 watercolor by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet river scene with two small boats. One boat has a person sitting and rowing, while the other boat floats nearby with someone inside. In the background, there’s a bridge leading to a building with a sloped roof, surrounded by trees and hills. The loose, sketchy style suggests the artist worked quickly, focusing on light and atmosphere over detail. The water and sky blend into soft washes of color, giving it a dreamy feel. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour sketch from 1834 by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd depicts a riverside scene on the River Lea, showing two rowboats on the water with trees lining both banks and a house visible in the background. The work was once part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of London topographical drawings before passing through several owners, including Edward Coates MP, and was eventually split among institutions and private collectors. A portion of the collection related to Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney, and Bethnal Green was acquired by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum.
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Thomas Hosmer Shepherd painted London’s waterways in the 1830s, turning busy locks and quiet river bends into crisp watercolours.
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