unknown artist, East View of the Cast Iron Bridge Over the River Wear at Sunderland in the County of Durham, 1796
- Title:
East View of the Cast Iron Bridge Over the River Wear at Sunderland in the County of Durham
- Date:
- 1796
- Materials & Techniques:
- Aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/4 × 31 1/8 inches (51.4 × 79.1 cm), Image: 16 13/16 × 29 1/16 inches (42.7 × 73.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Robt. Clarke del."; lettered, lower center: "To Rowland Burdon Esqr. M.P. by whom this Excellent piece of Mechanism was invented, & under whose Patronage it has been carried into Execution | This East View of the CAST IRON BRIDGE over the RIVER WEAR at Sunderland in the Cjounty of DURHAM previous to the Centre being taken down, | Is respectfully dedicated by His humble Servant | Robert Clarke. | Publish'd Octr. 1st 1796 by J&J Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn."; lettered, lower right: "J. Raffield sculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1244
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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