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Title(s)
Opened by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Nov. 6, 1869 : Blackfriars Bridge ... : Holborn Viaduct, W. Haywood, engineer : W.T. Lawrence, Mayor.
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Published/Created
[England?], [1869?].
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Physical Description
1 drawing : graphite with brown and gray wash, on wove paper ; sheet 10 x 12 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Acq 20181130a
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Notes
Title from text written on item.
Annotation on the back in graphite: "V. Bury [?]"
There is a medal in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (08.53.11) that commemorates the same event of the opening of the Blackfriars Bridge and the Holborn Viaduct by Her Majesty Queen Victoria on November 6, 1869. The medal is attributed to the medalist George Gammon Adams. There are notable differences in design between the medal and this drawing.
Design for a commemorative medal with views of Blackfriars Bridge and the Holborn Viaduct. -
Subject Terms
Blackfriars Bridge (London, England) | Bridges -- England -- London. | Cubitt, Joseph. | Haywood, William, 1821â1894. | Holborn Viaduct (London, England) | Viaducts -- England -- London.
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