The Queenhithe Mosaic
Queenhithe is a natural inlet of the Thames in the City of London, it means ‘Queen’s harbour’ and is named after Queen Matilda who granted a charter for the use of the dock at the beginning of the twelfth century. This is just one of two thousand years of historical events illustrated in a new twenty metre mosaic recently installed upon the river wall at Queenhithe.
Commissioned by the City of London and paid for by 4C Hotel Group, who are constructing a new hotel on the waterfront, it was designed by Tessa Hunkin and executed by South Bank Mosaics under the supervision of Jo Thorpe – and I recommend you take a stroll down through the City to the river, and study the intricate and lively detail of this epic work for yourself.
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so beautiful. i love these people and their art, thank you for telling us their story previously and fot giving us so many pictures of this wonderful mosaic.
Great work. — Note the references from ancient times to modern history!
Love & Peace
ACHIM
What an amazing piece of work. Especially the little seal…I love Queenhithe, my favourite of all the hithes. There are wonderful images of it on the Guildhall website – today it is but a shadow of its former self – but I would love to live there and watch the river go by. Come on,Euromillions!
This is really beautiful, a sort of modern Bayeux Tapestry. Valerie
Valerie beat me to it, this reminds me so much of the Bayeux Tapestry too, a brilliant piece of work. Congratulations to all concerned, and thank you GA for letting those of us who can’t visit it see the overall pictures and the details.
Amazing art! I’m always amazed how simple squares can render all those subtle curves and colors.
Ah! Thank you for letting us know about this! It looks amazing and well worth a stroll or two…three…
Wow… Utterly brilliant…
Simply magnificent! I will keep it in the memory bank hoping to see it in the future. These are the wonderful things to take from your blog………from Down Under.
Enormous thanks, gentle author
A wonderful mosaic – pictorial history! Do you remember Kipling’s poem, The River’s Tale, which tells the early history?
“Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew wanted to know what the river knew…”
“And Norseman and Negro and Gaul and Greek fought with the Britain in Barking Creek…”
Gran gave me Kipling’s “Sixty Poems” when I was a child, and The River’s Tale was a favorite. Can’t remember all the lines – have to Google it now!
Thank you so much for the opportunity to see this extraordinary piece of work. The portrait of King Alfred is amazing. As always you continue to enrich the lives of many of us who are far away. I traveled to London in the early seventies and fell in love. I have the privilege of visiting everyday because of you.
Amazing, thank you! Although I lived in London for 40 years I didn’t know this existed. I’ll make a special visit next time I’m there.
(NB I found this from a link on diamond geezer’s blog).