Sujet

Old houses at Nine-Elms, Lambeth, 1871. Creator: William James Palmer.

Légende

Old houses at Nine-Elms, Lambeth, [south London], 1871. 'The banks of the Thames...have undergone a marvellous transformation...It is on the Surrey side, and only in less improved or modernised parts of Lambeth and Southwark, or perhaps at Rotherhithe, that we can still find some curious examples of the old style of building, with the projecting upper structures of timber, like stern-cabins of ancient ships, the balconies supported by posts, and the gabled roofs, which used to be so common. The house seems to court the heavy, moist air of the river, and to hang over its slimy brink as far as possible, inhaling its dark vapours, and displaying an openness, towards the watery way, not often shown towards the street or high road on land. Dickens was always particularly fond of this quaint aspect of riverside London, which he has described in many passages of his tales...Nine Elms, above the Vauxhall end of the Southern Thames Embankment, affords the subject of a sketch engraved for this week's Paper. It will be recognised by many a steam-boat passenger'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM24A61_318

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23,1Mo (1,8Mo) / 30,2cm x 19,1cm / 3571 x 2261 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river building buildings London England River Thames Thames wood timber house houses boat boats arts art smoke bridge bridges British geography structure wooden footbridge lumber Victorian century Britain newspapers press print riverbank B&W air quality foot bridge engraved engraving 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Lambeth nineteenth century The Print Collector Dickensian geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN Wandsworth wood engraving ILN Nine Elms newspaper landscape William James Palmer Palmer William James 19th-century The Illustrated London News