Wapping Thames Police Station 1976
by Mackenzie Moulton
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20.000 x 16.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Wapping Thames Police Station 1976
Artist
Mackenzie Moulton
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This was Wapping Police Station when I joined the Thames Police, St Johns Wharf to the right was burnt down, but as you will see in later paintings rebuilt to its original style in 1984-86 and turned into luxury apartments instead of a warehouse.
In 1798 The West India Merchants and Planters Marine Police Institute came into existence under the control of its two founding magistrates, Patrick Colquhoun and John Harriott.
The headquarters of today is Marine Police Unit still occupies the same location.
In 1800, having proved itself to be a great success, this embryonic police force was given responsibility for policing all the ships on the river and not just those involved in the West India Trade.
In 1829, when Sir Robert Peel was planning his own police service for London, he sent his commissioners to Wapping to learn from the Marine Police what problems their officers might face and it was not until 1839 that the Marine Police was absorbed by the Metropolitan Police and became Thames Division. This painting was done in 1976, in oils on a 16 by 20 inch canvas. It now hangs in the Thames Police Museum, and is on permanent display for all to enjoy. You can also have a little piece of this history by buying a print of my painting.
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