Greenwich Hospital from the River

Location

Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
Place: British Embassy

Thomas Bush Hardy, marine artist, was born in Sheffield. As a youth he travelled to America, where he fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War of 1860 to 1865. He then lived in France and Holland, before returning to England. He is best remembered for his paintings of the River Thames and English coastal shipping scenes. He regularly exhibited work at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society between 1871 and 1897 and, in 1884, was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He died in London on 15 December 1897 and was survived by eight children, of whom three became artists, the most well-known being Dudley Hardy (1867-1922), a painter and illustrator.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Greenwich: Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, townscape/cityscape, river, wave, hospital, dome, sailboat, oar

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Thomas Bush Hardy (1842 - 1897)

Title

Greenwich Hospital from the River

Date

1887

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 63.50 cm, width: 103.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1968

Inscription

bl: T.B.Hardy. 1887. / Greenwich Hospital.

GAC number

7991