The Plough, St John's Hill, Battersea

Watercolour by J.T Wilson, depicting The Plough, St John's Hill, Battersea. 1867.

The watercolour depicts a view of a pub with a white façade and a red tiled roof. There is a sign in the façade: "The PLOUGH.- YOUNG, BAINBRIDGE AND CO. ENTIRE", and the building has extensions both to the from and to the right. . The pub is nested amidst a green landscape, with towering trees. Some people are visible gathering in front of the pub, with 4 people sitting at tables under a porch to the right of the composition, and another person tending to a drinking horse pulling a cart on the left side of the watercolour. A stump of oak tree with lamp on top is standing right outside the door.