unknown artist, ( John Raffield fl. 1761-1825 ), West View of the Cast Iron Bridge Built by Rowland Burdon, Esq., M.P. Over the River Wear at Sunderland in the County of Durham, 1798
- Title:
West View of the Cast Iron Bridge Built by Rowland Burdon, Esq., M.P. Over the River Wear at Sunderland in the County of Durham
- Date:
- 1798
- Medium:
- Aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet (trimmed inside plate): 20 1/2 × 30 15/16 inches (52.1 × 78.6 cm) and Image: 16 13/16 × 29 1/8 inches (42.7 × 74 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "To the SOCIETY instituted at London for the encouragement of ARTS, MANUFACTURES & COMMERCE; | This West View of the CAST IRON BRIDGE builty by Rowland Burdon, Esqr. M.P. over the RIVER WEAR at Sunderland in the County of Durham, | Is respectfully dedicated, by their humble Servant | Robert Clark. | The Span of the Arch is 236 Feet. Publish'd Feby. 1st. 1798 by J. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library High Holborn."; lettered, lower left: "Robt. Clarke del."; lettered, lower right: "J. Raffield sculpt."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1245
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
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