Artist

William Crotch

William Crotch is a British Romanticism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

William Crotch painted watercolours of British river scenes in the early 1800s, often recording the exact date above the horizon line. His View of the Thames at Richmond shows a calm summer afternoon with boats and distant buildings on the far bank. The work is a snapshot of a place caught between Georgian leisure and the coming steam age. Next, tap in to see how this Thames view compares to other artists’ cityscapes.

Works by William Crotch

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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