Watercolour. 21 by 13 in.
A reach of the river with shipping, and old buildings to left, which,
from their position and that of St. Paul’s in the distance, must be
on the Surrey shore, near Rotherhithe.
By John Thomas, elder son of Domenic Serres, R.A., native of Gascony.
He was a successful painter of landscape and marine views, but was
ruined by the depravity and extravagance of his wife, born Olive
Wilmot, who called herself Princess of Cumberland. He died within
the rules of the King’s Bench Prison.
By J. T. SERRES (1759-1825).
_Lent by Mr. H. Oppenheimer._