This museum art print is of claude monets oil on canvas painting the thames below westminster about 1871this work was painted by monet when like pissarro and daubigny he moved to london during the franco prussian war 1870 1 the beautiful image depicts the capital on a misty spring day with the houses or parliament and westminster bridge in the background the original painting is now held in the national gallery collection having been bequeathed by lord astor of hever in 1971c