The Rebuilding of Blackfriars Bridge

Location

Country: Bulgaria
City: Sofia
Place: British Embassy

William Lionel Wyllie was born in London, son of painter William Morrison Wyllie. He studied at Heatherley's Art School and the Royal Academy schools. From 1870 he made illustrations for ‘The Graphic’. By 1889 he had settled in Rochester, where he painted the Lower Thames and Medway. He later moved to Portsmouth. In 1901 he recorded the passing of Queen Victoria's body from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth. Wyllie painted contemporary and historical scenes and events related to the First World War. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1907. At his death in 1931, some 5,000 of his watercolours were purchased for the proposed National Maritime Museum at Greenwich.

Places

England, River Thames, London, St. Paul's Cathedral, City of London, Southwark, Blackfriars Bridge

Subjects

crane, engineering, townscape/cityscape, river, flag, bridge (urban), church, cathedral, spire, dome, scaffolding, steamboat, barge/canal boat, tug boat

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Lionel Wyllie (1851 - 1931)

Title

The Rebuilding of Blackfriars Bridge

Date

1872

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 83.00 cm, width: 145.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, July 1968

Inscription

sbl

GAC number

8168