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Walter Greaves

1846–1930

Battersea Reach c.1870
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Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

Walter Greaves (4 July 1846 – 28 November 1930) was a British painter, etcher and topographical draftsman.

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Hammersmith Bridge on Boat-race Day

Walter Greaves
c.1862
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Walter Greaves and Alice Greaves on the Embankment

Walter Greaves
c.1880–90

Old Battersea Bridge

Walter Greaves
1874

The Green Dress

Walter Greaves
c.1875

Battersea Reach

Walter Greaves
c.1870
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Self-Portrait

Walter Greaves
date not known

Artist as subject

Walter Greaves and Alice Greaves on the Embankment

Walter Greaves
c.1880–90

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