Old London Bridge No. 1

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Thomas Lindsay was born in Northumberland; the second son of William Lindsay of Alnwick. He specialised in painted views of the River Thames, particularly sunrises and sunsets and Welsh landscapes. He became a member of the New Water-Colour Society in 1833 and showed his work there and at the British Institution in London. He also held a private view for friends ‘of the pieces intended for the London exhibition’ before they were sent. Lindsay was a gifted musician and was closely associated with his local church, serving as Honorary Secretary of the Hay Auxiliary Bible Society. In 1850 he was aged 57 and living with his wife, Mary, and a house servant. He died in January 1861 at Dûlas Cottage, his home in Cusop, Brecknockshire, aged 67.

Places

England, London

Subjects

rowing boat, shovel/spade, winch, shoring, engineering, builder, topography, townscape/cityscape, dog, river bank, river, working class, bridge (urban), sailboat

Materials & Techniques

lithograph, colour lithograph

Artist

Thomas Lindsay (c1793 - 1861)

Title

Old London Bridge No. 1

Date

Medium

Colour lithograph

Acquisition

Purchased from Frank T Sabin, March 1974

GAC number

10986