The Rhinebeck Panorama of London
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1998
- Dimensions
- 71 x 262 cm
- Vendor
- Sotheby's
Although it is essentially accurate, it has been noted by one specialist that it is 'an illusionistic scene designed to thrill and excite'. This may explain why it shows a building on fire (illustrated here on the left) and so many barges and sailing ships on the river.
Provenance
Thought to have originally belonged to Robert Havell junior; rediscovered circa 1958 by Mrs Janet Johnston; Alfred Macdonald (her brother); Sandy Macdonald