Horse and Groom Fishery, near Lea Bridge
1830
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Horse and Groom Fishery, near Lea Bridge is a 1830 watercolor by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet riverbank with a large, leafy tree shading the water. A small boat with a seine net sits half in the shade, its rope coiled neatly. In the distance, a lone figure walks along a path, and a building peeks through the trees. The artist used loose, watery brushstrokes to capture light and shadow, focusing on nature’s softness. The scene feels calm, almost like a snapshot of daily life near the water. Next, look up Thomas Hosmer Shepherd to see more of his sketches.
A watercolour sketch by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from 1830 depicts a scene on the River Lea near Fishery Bridge, showing a man rowing a boat beneath a tree. The work was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of London topographical views before passing through multiple owners, including Edward Coates MP, and was eventually split among institutions and private collectors. The portion related to areas such as Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney, and Bethnal Green was acquired by 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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