Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper
Tate Collection
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Tate Gallery Surrey Side
Presented by the artist 1940
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
building site
England
figure
history
home front
military: World War II
Millbank, Tate Gallery / Tate Britain
museum
people
places
public and municipal
river
River Thames
townscapes / man-made features
UK countries and regions
UK London
UK natural features
water: inland
paper unique graphite ink watercolour
The Tate Gallery from the Surrey Side
support: 324 × 483 mm
Presented by the artist 1940
<p><b>N05169</b> THE TATE GALLERY FROM THE SURREY SIDE 1940</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Tate Gallery Millbank. 26 June 1940’ b.l. and ‘Methuen’ b.r.
<br/>Pencil, pen and watercolour, 12 3/4×19 (32·5×48).
<br/>Presented by the artist 1940.</p>
<p>Painted in June 1940 at the suggestion of the Director as a record for the Tate Gallery (see also Schwabe, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/schwabe-the-tate-gallery-n05207" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05207</span></a>). In the foreground the emergency war-time bridge is under construction.c</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults architecture bridge bridges and viaducts building site England figure history home front military: World War II Millbank, Tate Gallery / Tate Britain museum people places public and municipal river River Thames townscapes / man-made features UK countries and regions UK London UK natural features water: inland