Keywords: Monet, Claude, Houses of Parliament, Seagulls.jpg Artwork Creator Claude Monet Franco-Prussian War Monet moved to London in the fall of 1870 and stayed until the summer of 1871 Fascinated by the fog he attempted to capture an atmosphere suffused with moisture dissolving the distinctions between sky buildings and water During three trips to London between 1899 and 1901 Monet painted many such views He continued to paint these scenes from photographs when he returned home eventually producing around one hundred works in all His favorite sites were on the Thames River Charing Cross Bridge Waterloo Bridge and the Houses of Parliament -Gallery label from the Princeton University Art Museum 1903 Oil on canvas Size cm 81 92 <br> frame Size cm 100 111 1 6 1 Institution Princeton University Art Museum European Art object history exhibition history credit line Bequest of Mrs Vanderbilt Webb accession number y1979-54 place of creation France Princeton University Art Museum PD-old-auto 1926 cite web The Houses of Parliament Seagulls y1979-54 http //artmuseum princeton edu/collections/objects/32454 Princeton University Art Museum DEFAULTSORT 1903 Monet Claude Houses of Parliament Seagulls Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings by Claude Monet in the Princeton University Art Museum European paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1903 Paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum European art in the Princeton University Art Museum Modern art in the Princeton University Art Museum 1903 Houses of Parliament Series Monet |