Lot 111: Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge from the South Bank of the River Thames

William Parrott (1813-1869)
Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge from the South Bank of the River Thames
signed 'Parrott' (lower centre)
pencil, brown ink and watercolour with touches of bodycolour
9½ x 14¾ in. (24 x 37.5 cm.)

William Parrott worked as a topographical painter and watercolourist, regularly exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the British Institution and Suffolk Street. The present watercolour demonstrates his technical ability in the execution of the architecture, as well as his understanding of the medium of watercolour.