'Westward to Bladon' (View of the Thames from the East)
William Morden
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1944 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 1010 mm
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1102467
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, 'Westward to Bladon' (View of the Thames from the East), William G. Morden, signed and dated 1966, in white paint, bottom right. Morden was commissioned by the Port of London Authority to paint the scene of Churchill's funeral. Morden was part of the Wapping Group of Artists that was founded in 1946 to capture life in the busy docks of London.
Provenance
Transferred by HM Treasury, 1968
Makers and roles
William Morden, artist