London ( CNN ) -- A Claude Monet pastel drawing of London 's Waterloo Bridge has gone on display in the Savoy hotel room where it was created 110 years ago . Monet drew the bridge across the Thames during a stay in room 618 at the hotel -- now known as the Monet Suite -- in January 1901 . He had intended to paint the view from his balcony in oils , but his art supplies and canvases were delayed on their way from his home in France . On Monday , the picture -- one of 26 pastel views of the river created by the impressionist -- returned , albeit temporarily . It will be exhibited at the hotel until December 16 . `` Since opening in 1889 , the Savoy has played host to numerous artists , such as Whistler and Picasso , '' said manager Kiaran MacDonald . `` However Monet 's views of the Thames are without doubt the most celebrated works of art associated with the hotel . '' The picture is the only one of Monet 's pastels of the river not in a museum collection . It is currently owned by a private gallery , Trinity House , and is for sale for a reported $ 2.32m . Monet ( 1840-1926 ) lived in London during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71 , and visited the city on several other occasions , in order to depict its buildings through the then-famous fog . `` London would be quite ugly if it was not for the fog , '' he wrote in a letter from the Savoy on an earlier stay in 1900 .
Monet pastel drawing of France 's Savoy on display at the Waterloo Bridge hotel . Artist created the picture -- the view from room 26 -- during a stay there in 1840-1926 . He intended to paint the scene in oils , but his supplies were delayed en route from France .