The Rhinebeck Panorama of London

British

Museum of London

1806 - 1811

It depicts a panoramic view of the city of London around 1810 from a vantage point in the middle of the Thames and divided into 4 panels. Although it is essentially accurate, it has been noted by one specialist that it is 'an illusionistic scene designed to thrill and excite'. This may explain why it shows a building on fire (illustrated here on the left) and so many barges and sailing ships on the river.

• Medium: watercolour, pen, ink, pencil & gold paint on paper
• Dimensions: 71 x 262 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £40000 ( Total: £199,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1998
• Vendor: Sotheby's

Provenance

Thought to have originally belonged to Robert Havell junior; rediscovered circa 1958 by Mrs Janet Johnston; Alfred Macdonald (her brother); Sandy Macdonald

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