Thomas Keyse

Thomas Keyse (1722–1800) was an English still-life painter, and the proprietor of Bermondsey Spa.

From 1765 to 1768 he was an occasional exhibitor at the Society of Artists, and twice sent pictures to the Royal Academy.

In 1768 he obtained a premium from the Society of Arts for a new method of setting crayon drawings.

Obtaining a music license, he made the gardens an imitation of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, open in the evening during the summer months, and provided fireworks, including a set-piece of the siege of Gibraltar, constructed and designed by Keyse himself.

The gardens remained open for about five years longer, and gave their name to Spa Road in Bermondsey.