Signed and dated l.r.: David Muirhead/1917

Oil on canvas, 54 by 69 cm

Muirhead lived on Cheyne Walk and executed a number of atmospheric views of the nearby Thames which show the clear influence of his neighbour there J.M.Whistler, whom he had known as a fellow member of the New English Art Club. At least two known paintings of Battersea Reach by Murihead exist from 1917, the present work and another slightly larger version viewed from a lower vantage point on the river, which was presented to the Tate Gallery in 1918 through the National Art Collections Fund (inv.3323). That work was also exhibited at the New English Art Club in the summer of 1917 (no.94).