Comments on: The Queenhithe Mosaic

By: Suse

Suse — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:22:31 +0000

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).

By: Sheryl Marmo

Sheryl Marmo — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:47:43 +0000

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.

By: Sonia Murray

Sonia Murray — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:01:50 +0000

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!

By: Carolyn Badcock - nee Hooper

Carolyn Badcock - nee Hooper — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:43:30 +0000

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

By: Chris F

Chris F — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:22:38 +0000

Wow… Utterly brilliant…

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:20:44 +0000

Ah! Thank you for letting us know about this! It looks amazing and well worth a stroll or two…three…

By: John

John — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:48:22 +0000

Amazing art! I’m always amazed how simple squares can render all those subtle curves and colors.

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:16:40 +0000

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.

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:57:51 +0000

This is really beautiful, a sort of modern Bayeux Tapestry. Valerie

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:59:26 +0000

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!