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Hammersmith Bridge on Boatrace Day
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1922
adults
architecture
arts and entertainment
audience
boat, rowing
bridge
bridges and viaducts
bus
England
entertainer
groups
Hammersmith, Hammersmith Bridge
leisure and pastimes
man
military
people
places
river
River Thames
rowing
society
soldier
sport
transport: land
transport: water
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
woman
work and occupations
<p>Walter Greaves was the son of a Thames boatman and a self-taught painter. A dense crowd is assembled on Hammersmith suspension bridge to watch the annual university boat race. There were fears that the bridge was not strong enough to support the weight of heavy traffic when around 12,000 people gathered there for the event in 1870. Greaves captures the diversity of London at this time, although this work, painted in his early style, simplifies and caricatures the individuals in the crowd.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
21 March 2004 – 31 August 2004
2004-08-31
1 March 2004 – 31 August 2004
2004-08-31
2004-03-01
River and Rowing Museum (Henley on Thames, UK)
http://www.rrm.co.uk
2004-03-21
Battle of the Blues
Loan-out
10 June 2014 – 14 December 2014
2014-12-14
10 June 2014 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
2014-06-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
27 September 2014 – 14 December 2014
2014-12-14
2014-09-27
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
2014-06-10
British Folk Art
Exhibition
10 June 2014 – 14 December 2014
2014-12-14
27 September 2014 – 14 December 2014
2014-12-14
2014-09-27
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
2014-06-10
British Folk Art
Tate partnerships & programmes
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
26 September 2022
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-09-26
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Hammersmith Bridge on Boat-race Day
support: 914 × 1397 mm
frame: 1172 × 1660 × 113 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> 1922
<div><p><span>Walter Greaves was the son of a Thames boatman and a self-taught painter. A dense crowd is assembled on Hammersmith suspension bridge to watch the annual university boat race. There were fears that the bridge was not strong enough to support the weight of heavy traffic when around 12,000 people gathered there for the event in 1870. Greaves captures the diversity of London at this time, although this work, painted in his early style, simplifies and caricatures the individuals in the crowd.</span></p></div>
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adults architecture arts and entertainment audience boat, rowing bridge bridges and viaducts bus England entertainer groups Hammersmith, Hammersmith Bridge leisure and pastimes man military people places river River Thames rowing society soldier sport transport: land transport: water UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features water: inland woman work and occupations