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Though there was often a degree of artistic licence in Thomas Rowlandson’s many topographical views, this view of the ‘Kitchen Bridge’ at St John’s College, Cambridge, is a fairly accurate depiction of the scene, made from the direction of the Trinity Bridge. Rowlandson produced a number of drawings of scenes in Cambridge. Between 1809 and 1810, Rudolf Ackermann published a series of twelve satirical prints of Oxford and Cambridge, though the background for these prints was typically taken from other prints by other artists.
It is likely that Rowlandson produced this drawing on the spot. The boat in the foreground can be seen carrying freight, at a time when the Cam was an important transport route. The sails of the boat can be seen to be lowered in order to pass under the low bridges of the colleges.
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