London on the Thames
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan sketched this bustling scene of the Thames in 1910, capturing the river at low tide with energetic, scratchy lines. The foreground is cluttered with stranded rowboats that look like sleeping beasts waiting for the water, while a massive steamship dominates the background, puffing out dark industrial smoke. This contrast between the old-fashioned wooden boats and the new steam power perfectly illustrates a city in transition during the Edwardian era. You can almost hear the noise of the docks and smell the coal smoke in this lively realist drawing.
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