Henry Samuel Teed (British, 1883 - 1916)

Signed: H. Samuel Teed 1914 (Lower, Right

" Building Southwark Bridge ", 1914

(Over the Thames, London)

Oil on Canvas

30" x 36"

Housed in a Period 5" Carved Frame 

Overall Size: 39 3/4" x 45 3/4" 

This painting is in very good, clean condition. Ready to be hung and enjoyed.

Henry Samuel Teed was born in Southwark, London. He was educated at Tonbridge School from 1893 to 1898. After school, he studied at art schools in London and Paris. He became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and was appointed as an official guide of the National Gallery of British Art (now called Tate Britain).

As a painter, he was particularly successful in interpreting the life and beauty of the Thames in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of the British Arts, and the Goupil Gallery. In 1914, he was elected as the art director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery. On 25th July 1914, he married Marguerite Kate Lila Wiffen, of Vancouver, Canada.

He joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in May 1915 and was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6th August 1915. He went to France on 7th January 1916.

He was killed in action on 24th July 1916, aged 33, during an attack on the village of Pozières.