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James Fittler, 1758–1835

A View of the Iron Bridge

1788

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James Fittler, 1758–1835, A View of the Iron Bridge, 1788, Engraving, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1978.43.1020.
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  • Creator

    James Fittler, 1758–1835
    after George Robertson, 1749–1788

  • Title

    A View of the Iron Bridge

  • Additional Title(s)

    A View of the Iron Bridge, taken from the Madeley Side of the River Severn, near Coalbrooke Dale in the Country of Salop

  • Date

    1788

  • Materials & Techniques

    Engraving

  • Dimensions

    Image: 13 7/8 x 20 5/8in. (35.2 x 52.4cm), Sheet: 17 5/8 x 24 3/4in. (44.8 x 62.9cm), Plate: 15 3/4 x 21 5/8in. (40 x 54.9cm)

  • Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering

    below image at left: G. Robertson, Pinxit; center: A VIEW of the IRON BRIDGE taken from the MADELEY side of the River SEVERN, near Coalbrook DALE in the County of SALOP | The Bridge was erected in 1779. It is the first that | was ever made of Cast Iron only. The abutments are stone | & cover’d with plates of Iron. The Road over the Bridge is | 24 feet wide, the span of the Arch is 100 feet & 6 inches and the | height from the Base line to the Center is 40 feet, the weight of the | Iron employed in the whole Bridge is 378 Ton and a half. | All the principle parts were erected in the course of three Months | without the least obstruction to the navigation of the River. | Published Feby. 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London; right: James Fittler, Sculpsit

  • Credit Line

    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Accession Number

    B1978.43.1020

  • Classification

    Prints

  • Collection

    Prints and Drawings

  • Access

    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Link

    https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41470

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Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 282-283, no. 16, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]

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