1908
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
The Junction: Near Hammersmith is a 1908 watercolor by Matthew Webb, a Post-Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour and pastel on paper by Matthew Webb from 1908 shows a quiet, night-time street in suburban London, with a train passing along elevated tracks and releasing smoke into the air. The verso of the sheet bears a pencil sketch of a woman in profile, and the artist’s initials and the date appear in the lower left corner.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Captain Matthew Webb was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. Webb increased the popularity of swimming in England.
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