Roofs of London RMG PV1974, William Lionel Wyllie

Roofs of london william lionel wyllie (1851-1931) was born into an artistic family. He is well-known today as a splendid maritime artist. He painted a number of different places, but he clearly had a passion for the river thames, as this romantic view of london rooftops shows. As a young man, wyllie lived upon a barge on the thames, and converted it into a floating studio. One of several studies of london's skyline by the marine artist william lionel wyllie. See also pae1994 and pae1995. Roofs of london. Date: 19th century. Dimensions: 303 mm x 462 mm. Collection: Fine art.