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On the Thames at Twickenham

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1842

Artist

Thomas Miles Richardson II (1813-1890)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Pen and brown ink and watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour on buff paper. This is a view of Twickenham taken from Twickenham Eyot, or Eel Pie Island as it is now called. The Church of St. Mary the Virgin can be seen on the left, with its 15th century ragstone tower joined to the more recent red brick Queen Anne nave and chancel completed in 1714, after the original church collapsed in 1713. On the right of St. Mary's Church stands York House. Its central portion dates from 1635 and it is probably the oldest surviving building in the area. Owners have included the first Earl of Clarendon, Prince Starhemberg and, in 1864 the Comte de Paris. The last private owner was Sir Ratan Tata, a Parsee merchant prince from Bombay. After the death of his widow the house was purchased by the Twickenham Borough Council and the first Council meeting was held there in 1926.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, London, England

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