Old Cheyne Walk, from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 340

Publisher J. S. Virtue British

November 1882

Not on view

The print was used to illustrate an article by Anne Isabella Ritchie, née Thackeray (1837–1919) lamenting the recent redevelopment and embankment at Chelsea, London. In Severn's etching "boats are moored, some upon the mud-bank, others upon a great wooden raft that lies upon the mud ... a vaguely sketched figure leans against the posts of the embankment, watching some men who are overhauling a rope below." The former rivershore captured by Severn sloped gently up to the main thoroughfare of Cheyne Walk which charactised "this quiet place by the river," overlooked by the square tower of Chelsea Old Church.

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Title: Old Cheyne Walk, from "The Art Journal," opposite p. 340
Artist: Arthur Severn (British, London 1842–1931 London)
Publisher: J. S. Virtue
Date: November 1882
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to image): 6 3/16 × 9 3/4 in. (15.7 × 24.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Object Number: 1986.1180.1953
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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