Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751
Title:
A design for the bridge at New Palace Yard, Westminster ... : composed of nine arches, independent of each other, whose nature is such, that the greatest weight possibly to be impressed cannot break them down ... / by B. Langley.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author ..., 1736.
Physical Description:
30 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
TG64 W47 L35 1736
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
English short title catalogue, T31718

Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994, c1990. 455

BAC: Includes head- and tail- pieces.

Text dated 5 June 1736.

Illustration by I. Carwitham; after B. Langley.
Subject Terms:
Westminster Bridge (London, England) | Bridges -- Design and construction -- Early works to 1800. | Bridges -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1736.
Contributors:
Carwitham, J. (John), engraver. | Langley, Batty, 1696–1751, ill.