Period: 19th century / Associated Places: Thames and United Kingdom / Subject Terms: bridge (built work) / Topic subjectplace ss: London

1. Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”)

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1829 to 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 39 inches (61 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A View of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Daniel Turner, active 1782–1805
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (11.4 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Westminster Bridge and Abbey

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 12 1/16 x 18 11/16 inches (30.6 x 47.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A View of Westminster Bridge and the Abbey from the South Side

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 6 3/8 x 12 9/16 inches (16.2 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 5 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (14 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A View of London Bridge

Creator:: Daniel Turner, active 1782–1805
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (11.4 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. View of Old London Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (33.7 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (22.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 18 1/16 inches (21 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 15 5/8 inches (25.4 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Chelsea Bridge with Men in a Barge

Creator:: Walter Greaves, 1846–1930
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on smooth, thick, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (13.7 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Chelsea

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: ca. 1882
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (24.2 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden

13. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

Creator:: Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 15/16 x 13 7/8 inches (20.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

14. Old London Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral From the Thames

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scratching out on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7 inches (10.5 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Sir Charles Barry, 1795–1860
Date:: ca. 1840-1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache, pen and black and brown ink on medium, smooth, weige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (40.3 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite with gouache and arabic gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (34.8 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Ceremony of Opening London Bridge, August 1, 1831

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Allom, 1804–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches (19.2 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (16.8 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

20. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 13/16 inches (18.4 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

21. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (20 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

22. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (19 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Thomas W. Farnam, B.A. 1899

23. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 inches (44.5 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Kew Bridge

Creator:: Victor A. Prout, active 1835–1877
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (11.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

25. Battersea Reach

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, printed from canceled plate on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 12 7/8 inches (25.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

26. Old Hungerford Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (17.5 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Boris I. Bittker

27. Panorama Old London Bridge

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1820s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 30 1/8 inches (19.7 × 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Design for Approaches to London Bridge

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (24.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. London Bridge

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: before 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 11 7/8in. (20.3 x 30.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Opening of the New London Bridge

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (24.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Le Pont de Waterloo a Londres

Creator:: John Postle Heseltine, 1843–1929
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 11/16 inches (17.4 x 27.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”)

2. A View of Westminster Bridge

3. Westminster Bridge and Abbey

4. A View of Westminster Bridge and the Abbey from the South Side

5. The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

6. A View of London Bridge

7. View of Old London Bridge

8. Design for London Bridge Approach

9. Design for London Bridge Approach

10. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

11. Chelsea Bridge with Men in a Barge

12. Chelsea

13. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

14. Old London Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral From the Thames

15. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

16. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

17. The Ceremony of Opening London Bridge, August 1, 1831

18. Battersea Reach

19. Battersea Reach

20. Battersea Reach

21. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

22. Battersea Reach

23. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

24. Kew Bridge

25. Battersea Reach

26. Old Hungerford Bridge

27. Panorama Old London Bridge

28. Design for Approaches to London Bridge

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30. The Opening of the New London Bridge

31. Le Pont de Waterloo a Londres