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Touring the Thames |
| Section: LIFE / TRAVEL |
| Author: Guylaine Spencer |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2007 |
| Size: 2,001 Words, 11,855 Characters |
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England’s Thames River is one of the most celebrated bodies of water in the world. The section that runs through London and its outskirts has inspired artists for centuries. In 2005, Florida’s St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts devoted an entire exhibit to it. Monet’s London: Artists’ Reflections on the Thames, 1859-1914 featured 141 works including paintings by Whistler, Tissot and Winslow Homer. In 2006, London’s Guildhall Art Gallery presented their own variation on this theme in an exhibit called Spanning the River: Artists' Views of Thames River Bridges.
On my last trip to London, I discovered the reasons for the river’s reputation when I toured the Thames on two boat trips: one from Westminster Pier in London to Greenwich Pier, the other from the city of Richmond to ...
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It remains to be seen whether recent additions to this history-drenched landscape will be standing beside their famous fellows a hundred years from now. One thing I hope, though, is that the older treasures that have lined its banks for so long will remain, a century from now, to awe and inspire future visitors to the Thames--this river that is truly a liquid microcosm of England.
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