Easyart ID: 427443
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Solid wood internal frame
An original fine art litho poster published by Tate. Like the view from Richmond Hill, that upstream towards the City from Greenwich Park is one of the most prized prospects of the Thames. From the pastoral foreground with grazing deer, Turner looks over the Queen’s House and Greenwich Hospital towards London where St Paul’s Cathedral and the City churches rise through the smoky pall above the metropolis. Turner’s own verses, presented when the picture was exhibited at his Gallery in 1809, describe the mingled beauty and energy of the scene: Where burthen’d Thames reflect the crowded sail Commercial care and busy toil prevail Whoese murky veil, aspiring to the skies Obscures thy beauty, and thy form denies Save where thy spires pierce the doubtful air As gleams of hope amidst a world of care
