Thames Embankment RMG PV2058, William Lionel Wyllie

Thames embankment a graphite drawing of the embankment looking upriver with a tug towing a lighter on the water. The embankment had been built to reclaim land from the north bank of the thames and to provide an imposing riverfront. For part of its length it concealed bazalgette's main sewer and what are now the district and circle lines of london's underground railway. Thames embankment. Date: 20th century. Dimensions: 253 mm x 353 mm. Collection: Fine art.