Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/walter-greaves-222" aria-label="More by Walter Greaves" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Walter Greaves</a>
Old Battersea Bridge
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1931
adults
architecture
Battersea, Old Battersea Bridge
boat, rowing
boat, sailing
bridge
bridges and viaducts
chimney
dock
England
factory
figure
industrial
people
places
river
River Thames
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
waterfront
<p>This is a picture of Old Battersea Bridge, seen from up stream, on Lindsey Row (now Cheyne Walk), with Battersea on the far shore. The boatyard belonging to Greaves family is in the foreground. On the extreme left is the wall surrounding the garden of the artist William Bell Scott. In the far distance Crystal Palace is just visible.</p><p>Battersea Bridge was demolished in 1881, and replaced with the present bridge. Before the alterations Greaves recalled the danger to shipping and the difficulty of steering through the arches unless the ‘set of the tide was known’.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 May 2003 – 13 April 2004
2004-04-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-05
London: Modern City
Collection based display
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Old Battersea Bridge
support: 584 × 762 mm
frame: 798 × 917 × 82 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1931
<div class="pbodytext">
<span class="text0">This is a picture of Old Battersea Bridge, </span><span class="text15">seen from up stream, on Lindsey Row (now Cheyne Walk), with      Battersea on</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text14">the far      shore. The boatyard belonging to</span><span class="text0"> Greaves family      is in the foreground. On the extreme left is the wall surrounding </span><span class="text14">the garden of the artist William Bell Scott.</span><span class="text0"> In the far distance Crystal Palace is just visible. </span>
</div>
<div class="pbodytext">
<span class="text0">
<br/> </span>
</div>
<div class="pbodytext">
<span class="text14">Battersea Bridge was demolished in 1881</span><span class="text0">, </span><span class="text15">and replaced with the present      bridge.</span><span class="text0"> Before the alterations Greaves recalled      the danger to shipping and the difficulty </span><span class="text14">of      steering through the arches unless the</span><span class="text0"> ‘set      of the tide was known’. </span>
</div>

Display caption
2004-02-10T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
adults architecture Battersea, Old Battersea Bridge boat, rowing boat, sailing bridge bridges and viaducts chimney dock England factory figure industrial people places river River Thames society townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features waterfront water: inland