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Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Title:

Westminster Bridge under Construction

Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 28 3/8 inches (35.9 x 72.1 cm), Mount: 16 3/4 x 31 1/4 inches (42.5 x 79.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2009.5.4
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | architecture | boats | bridge (built work) | construction | engineering | river
Associated Places:
England | Thames | United Kingdom | Westminster | Westminster bridge
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:61436
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Although completed in 1742, before Westminster Bridge could open to the public, one of its piers settled, sinking nearly three feet below the level of the others. In the spring of 1749, the pier and its neighboring arches were dismantled and rebuilt, as shown here. While the bridge and laborers form the focus of the drawing, Scott is equally insistent on the presence of polite spectators, who populate the foreground.

Gallery label for Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)

Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, p. 201-202, cat. 61, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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