St George in The East Wapping London
by Mackenzie Moulton
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30.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
St George in The East Wapping London
Artist
Mackenzie Moulton
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
I painted this as a commission for my friend Jimmy, he is a great supporter of my art and I know he won't mind sharing it, He wanted the church as it was seen as a child from his home in Wapping. it was painted on a large 30 by 20 inch canvas in oil
St George in the East is an Anglican Church dedicated to Saint George and one of six Hawksmoor churches in London, England. It was built from 1714 to 1729, with funding from the 1711 Act of Parliament. The name of the church was also the parish for the surrounding area, until subsumed into Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and abolished in 1927. The church was designated a Grade I listed building in 1950.[1]
In the 1850s, Archibald Tait, then Bishop of London, appointed a Low Church lecturer, which was contrary to the High Church attitude of the rector and curate. As a protest, there were catcalls and horn blowing, and some male members of the congregation went into the church smoking their pipes, keeping their hats on, and leading barking dogs. Refuse was thrown onto the altar. The church was closed for a while in 1859, and the rector, owing to his poor health, was persuaded by the author Tom Hughes to hand over his duties to a locum.[2]
The church was hit by a bomb during the Second World War Blitz on London's docklands in May 1941. The original interior was destroyed by the fire, but the walls and distinctive "pepper-pot" towers stayed up. In 1964 a modern church interior was constructed inside the existing walls, and a new flat built under each corner tower. The church still stands, and has an active congregation. Plans have been drawn up to develop the crypt into a performance venue.
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