The Rivers Tyburn and Thames Take the Palace of Westminster
By Alke Schmidt
2021
photo credit: Paul Tucker
- Painting
- Mixed Media
- Socioeconomic Structures & Consumerism
- Environment & Sustainability
- Social & Political
- Parliament
- River Thames
- River Tyburn
- Climate Crisis
- Climate Change
- Flooding
- Sewage Spills
- Pollution
Dimensions
90 x 115 x 4 cm (excl. trailing fabric)
Acrylic on linen with tattered House of Commons curtain fabric. The Tyburn is one of London's hidden, underground rivers. It flows into the Thames right by Westminster Palace. With the sea level rises predicted as a result of climate change, both rivers will likely rise and flood the Houses of Parliament.
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