Editing River Thames (section)

===Visual arts===
The River Thames has been a subject for artists, great and minor, over the centuries. Four major artists with works based on the Thames are [[Canaletto]], [[J. M. W. Turner]], [[Claude Monet]] and [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Artwork & Design |url=https://illuminatedriver.london/design |publisher=Illuminated River |access-date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085639/https://illuminatedriver.london/design |url-status=live}}</ref> The 20th-century British artist [[Stanley Spencer]] produced many works at [[Cookham]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scargill |first1=Naila |title=Stanley Spencer's Love Affair With the Thames Revealed in New Show |date=18 December 2019 |url=https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/stanley-spencer-painting-by-the-thames/ |publisher=Trebuchet |access-date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025132757/https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/stanley-spencer-painting-by-the-thames/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[John Kaufman]]'s sculpture ''[[The Diver|The Diver: Regeneration]]'' is sited in the Thames near [[Rainham, London|Rainham]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local History – Concrete Barges and The Diver |url=https://www.londonriversidebid.co.uk/news-and-events/local-history-concrete-barges-and-the-diver |publisher=London Riverside Bid |access-date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085638/https://www.londonriversidebid.co.uk/news-and-events/local-history-concrete-barges-and-the-diver |url-status=live}}</ref>

The river and bridges are portrayed as being destroyed – together with much of London – in the film ''[[Independence Day 2]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/24/independence-day-resurgence-and-brexit-is-this-the-most-brillian/ |title=Independence Day: Resurgence and Brexit: the most brilliant movie marketing ploy of all time? |first=Patrick |last=Smith |date=24 June 2016 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085637/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/06/24/independence-day-resurgence-and-brexit-is-this-the-most-brillian/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Aerial photography of the Thames between Rotherhithe and Woolwich (south bank) and Shadwell and Beckton (north bank) form the [[opening credits|opening]] and [[closing credits]] of each episode of the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.

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File:Brooklyn Museum - Houses of Parliament Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement effet de soleil) - Claude Monet.jpg|Houses of Parliament Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement effet de soleil) – [[Claude Monet]]
File:Canaletto - Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames - Google Art Project.jpg|The first [[Westminster Bridge]] as painted by [[Canaletto]] in 1746
Rain Steam and Speed the Great Western Railway.jpg|[[Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway|Maidenhead Railway Bridge]] as [[J. M. W. Turner|Turner]] saw it in 1844
File:James Abbot McNeill Whistler 006.jpg|[[James Abbott McNeill Whistler|Whistler's]] ''[[Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge]]'' ({{Circa|1872}}–1875)
File:Brooklyn Museum - Foggy Morning on the Thames - James Hamilton - overall.jpg|''Foggy Morning on the Thames'' – James Hamilton (between 1872 and 1878)
File:Boating on the Thames by John Lavery.jpeg|''Boating on the Thames'' - [[John Lavery]], {{Circa|1890}}
File:James Tissot - On the Thames.jpg|''On the Thames'' - [[James Tissot]], {{Circa|1874}}
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