The Road to Hampton Court, Alfred Sisley 1874
Sisley's Road to Hampton Court in 2016
Sisley's viewpoint was very near the old Hampton Court bridge. Molesey Lock is in the centre of the picture. One hundred and forty two years later this view is still very pleasant and easily recognisable. This is Sisley's painting of the other lock gate.
The house and the hut in Sisley's painting have both been demolished. Sisley also painted the weir which is just beyond the lock.
The weir has been rebuilt since Sisley painted it and the warning posts in Sisley's paintings have been removed. The building in the distance in the above painting is probably Taggs Hotel on Taggs Island which can also be seen in the following painting.
The Lock at Hampton Court, Alfred Sisley 1874
Molesey Lock 1883
Molesey Lock 2016
Molesey Weir, Alfred Sisley 1874
Molesey Weir 1883
Molesey Weir 2016
Molesey Weir 2016
Molesey Weir 2016
Sisley's 1874 painting of the approach to Molesey Weir
The weir has been rebuilt since Sisley painted it and the warning posts in Sisley's paintings have been removed. The building in the distance in the above painting is probably Taggs Hotel on Taggs Island which can also be seen in the following painting.
Molesey Regata, Alfred Sisley 1874
Taggs Hotel, Taggs Island c1900
Taggs Island (on the left) 2016
This painting of the same view was probably done around the same time.
The next painting seems to have been done from the same spot but this time looking in the opposite direction towards Hampton Court. Taggs Island is on the left and the building on the right is probably one of the old Molesey Boat Club buildings. This view is now obscured by trees.
The following excellent photos capture some of the scenes painted by Sisley at Molesey.
The hotel is now gone and the island is used to moor houseboats. The next painting was done a little further on from the Molesey Regatta painting. Sisley must have set up his easel about half way between the cricket club pavillion and the end of Taggs Island. This path is now quite narrow and trees now block the view of Hampton Church. The photo is taken from a point much nearer to the church. The building above the two figures is Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare.
This painting of the same view was probably done around the same time.
The Thames at Hampton, Edward H. Niemann
The next painting seems to have been done from the same spot but this time looking in the opposite direction towards Hampton Court. Taggs Island is on the left and the building on the right is probably one of the old Molesey Boat Club buildings. This view is now obscured by trees.
The Thames at Hampton Court, East Molesey Alfred Sisley 1874
The following excellent photos capture some of the scenes painted by Sisley at Molesey.
Molesey Lock and Weir by Maxwell Hamilton
Molesey Weir and Hampton Church by Maxwell Hamilton
