With London’s defining landmark only 126 years old, the many staff, engineers and visitors today are a key part of its history. A source of inspiration for many, Tower Bridge is not just a place to visit with family and friends, but has often played a starring role in artworks, films and even personal histories across its lifespan.
Have you never been and always wanted to see it? Or does it remind you of your favourite film or TV series? Perhaps you have an ancestor who worked or lived around it? Tell us your story, share your fondest memory of Tower Bridge on social media by using #MyTowerBridge.
A Flying Bomb over Tower Bridge 1944–1945
Frederick T. W. Cook (1907–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 39.3 x W 49.5 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
George Hann (1900–1979)
Oil on board
H 46.5 x W 66.5 cm
University College London Hospitals
The Bottom Line 1986
Mark Wallinger (b.1959)
Oil on board
H 122 x W 99.5 cm
British Council Collection
Tower Bridge, London 1953
Eric Atkinson (1928–2022)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 125 cm
Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service
View on the Thames (Tower Bridge from the Pool of London) c.1930
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889–1946)
Oil on board
H 40 x W 50 cm
The Royal Institute of British Architects
The Pool of London and Tower Bridge from Rotherhithe 1976
David R. Thomas (1916–1990)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 122 cm
Government Art Collection
James Page-Roberts (b.1925)
Oil on canvas, mounted on board
H 61 x W 122 cm
Government Art Collection
The Thames, Early Morning c.1954
Eric Atkinson (1928–2022)
Oil on board
H 90.2 x W 69.9 cm
Roebuck Collection
The London Toile 2005
Timorous Beasties (active since 1990)
Hand screen print on linen
H 142 x W 204.7 cm
The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
Tower Bridge, London 1960
Bill Culbert (1935–2019)
Oil on board
H 111.8 x W 116.2 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
Tower Bridge, London c.1905
Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 64 x W 77 cm
City of London Corporation
Eric Atkinson (1928–2022)
Oil on board
H 120.7 x W 59.7 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Tower Bridge, London: A War-Time Nocturne
Claude Francis Barry (1883–1970)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 94.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The Opening of Tower Bridge, London, 30 June 1894 1894–1931
William Lionel Wyllie (1851–1931)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 213 cm
City of London Corporation
London, Inner Pool 1955
Alan Stenhouse Gourley (1909–1991)
Oil on millboard
H 24.5 x W 34.5 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
The Pool of London during Dockland Air Raids, 1940
Charles Pears (1873–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 152 cm
City of London Corporation
Shipping in the Pool of London 1892
Charles John de Lacy (1856–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 103 x W 59 cm
Canterbury Museums and Galleries
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