The Shot Tower

Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953 · 1904

The tower rises from a group of low warehouses at a distance from the left side of the plate equal to about one-third of its total width. Behind the tower we see the back of the long row of houses which forms the east side of Waterloo Bridge Road, with the spire of St. John's Church at their further end. The near end of this row abuts on Waterloo Bridge, of which two arches are seen. Other buildings rise beyond the bridge, including a small spire and a lofty chimney. There are two empty rowing boats quite in the foreground on the left but most of the river is unoccupied ; numerous barges, however, are moored close under the further shore and three rowing boats stand a little way out. The barge is more shaded, its stern more defined, and extended as far as the first (from the left) of the two columns on the pier of the bridge, whereas in IV. it barely reached the second column. The small boat has been blended with the stern of the barge. There are several faint horizontal lines on the water just beneath the barge, in a space which was white before. There are other and stronger lines on the water behind the rowing boat, which end just beneath the lamp-post to left of the small spire.