79 OLD BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.
Oil picture. 20-1/2 by 15-1/4 in.
This painting is wrongly called on the frame "Southwark Bridge," the first stone of which was not laid until 1815. It represents the first Blackfriars Bridge, originally Pitt Bridge, designed by R. Mylne and built between 1760 and 1769. The Temple Gardens are shown to the left and St. Paul's beyond them.
R. Burford is chiefly known as the painter and proprietor of panoramas in Leicester Square and in the Strand. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1812 to 1818. The date on the frames of this and the companion picture (No. 80) is 1808, which seems too early for such mature work, as he was born in 1792 and would therefore have been only sixteen at the time.
By R. Burford (1792-1861).
Lent by Mr. Colin Agnew.
80 OLD LONDON BRIDGE.
Oil picture. 20-1/4 by 16 in.
The picture shows the old bridge after it had been altered by the removal of the houses, several arches at the end are blocked by waterworks.
The Monument is noteworthy, as are the steeples of the churches of St. Magnus, St. Margaret Pattens, and St. Dunstan-in-the-East, all designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
By R. Burford (1792-1861).
Lent by Mr. Colin Agnew.
Plate XXXIV. 81 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM THE RIVER.
Oil picture. 35-1/2 by 18 in.
From mid-stream, below bridge. Among prominent buildings, besides the Bridge and the Abbey, are the Banqueting House Whitehall, the tower of St. Margaret's Church, and Westminster Hall. In distance to left is Lambeth Palace.
By S. Scott (about 1710-1772).
Lent by the Marquess of Sligo.
