This is another painting of Battersea Bridge I found interesting at the Tate Britain; seeing the old bridge is interesting to me because I live so close to it and see it almost every day. I never knew there was another bridge there before the present one you see today, so seeing a painting of the old bridge and Battersea in the background is impressive to view.
Greaves used oil on canvas and used very dirt like colours, there are no vibrant colours witch makes me think that Battersea at the time was a very gloomy place to live and visit. Old Battersea Bridge was demolished in 1881, and replaced with the present bridge. Before the alterations Greaves recalled the danger to shipping and the difficulty of steering through the arches unless the ‘set of the tide was known’. The style of the painting is very photo like as if he had just taken a photograph of the scene.
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