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A painting of the Royal Docks in east London. They comprised three docks, the Royal Albert Dock, Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. They were completed between 1855 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of Newham. Although these docks suffered severe damage from German bombing in the Second World War, they recovered after the war but then suffered a steady decline from the 1960s onwards, following the introduction of containerisation. Large cranes on the right and left frame the painting which focuses less on a conventional horizon than on the different types of shipping that would have frequented the Docks during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Blue tones unify both sky and river and change from the vivid blue of the sky to the more watery tone of the river.
Title
Royal Docks
Medium
oil on hardboard
Measurements
H 73.5 x W 122 cm
Accession number
BHC4150
Work type
Painting
