Austrian artist Rudolf Hradil specialised in printmaking. His early lithographs, displayed in Vienna in the late 1950s, so impressed the head of the British Council that he arranged a scholarship for Hradil to attend the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London from 1959-60, where he learnt etching, specialising in drypoint, which he admired for its 'particularly appealing naivety. When printed, the burr produced during engraving results in a strikingly lively, velvety line' (Rudolf Hradil website). His other London etchings include: St Paul's Cathedral, Escalator (1959) and Tower Bridge and Underground (1960). His work fits into a long tradition of immigrant artists observing aspects of London, particularly the Thames.