Rosen House Connections: River Thames Society

The Rosen House team recently received help to identify a location depicted in a painting by the artist Ian Campbell-Grey (British, 1901–1946). The painting, which dates to before 1921 shows a stretch of the River Thames, with a bridge and slice of a distinctive building. Fortunately, Peter Finch, Chairman of the River Thames Society, deeply familiar with the river and committed to its conservation, promptly answered an unusual inquiry from Katonah: “Will you help me identify which stretch of the Thames is shown in this painting?” He identified the artist’s vantage point as the Westminster Bridge, looking toward the Charing Cross Rail Bridge.

The building is the County Hall. Several more recent landmarks would be included if the same view were to be painted today, including the Golden Jubilee Footbridge (opened 2002) and the London Eye, the towering Ferris wheel attraction (completed in 2000). Thank you, Mr. Finch!