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Description: | This winter view of the River Thames from an upper window at the Savoy Hotel looks southwest. Cleopatra's Needle and the Victoria Embankment Gardens are seen in the foreground.
Beyond the Embankment, trains cross Charing Cross Railway Bridge, popularly known as Hungerford Bridge. The silhouettes of Westminster Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall Court are visible through the haze in the background.
C R W Nevinson celebrates the winter light and atmosphere of London, including its industrial structures. Hungerford Bridge was universally condemned in the 1920s as an eyesore. There were many calls to demolish it. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Bridgeman Copyright Service | Subjects: | Cityscape Art and Design | Temporal: | 1924 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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