Robert Stephenson, M.P. and the most celebrated engineers raising the tubular bridge

Robert Stephenson, M.P. and the most celebrated engineers raising the tubular bridge

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Mezzotint, Conference of engineers at Britannia Bridge. Scott after John Lucas, 1858; After the oil by Lucas, 1851-53, in the Institution of Civil Engineers London. - Proof issued April 1858. – Old mount title: Robert Stephenson, M.P. and the most celebrated engineers raising the tubular bridge. - Artist witnessed float of 4th tube. Portrait, Robert Stephenson seated centre at table with plans and instruments; around him, seated or standing, Locke, Brunel, Bidder, Wild, L and E Clark, Forster, and Ross, civil engineers; Moorson and Claxton, nautical specialists; Hemmingway, master mason; background panorama of completed bridge [1850] over Menai Strait

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Category:
Art
Object Number:
1990-126
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 840 mm x 1000 mm x 50 mm,
type:
print and mezzotint
credit:
Grosvenor Prints