James Fittler, 1758–1835, Britishafter George Robertson, 1749–1788, British
Title:
A View of the Iron Bridge
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Image: 13 7/8 x 20 5/8in. (35.2 x 52.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
below image at left: G. Robertson, Pinxit; center: A VIEW of the IRON BRIDGE taken from the MADELEY side of the River SEVERN, near Coalbrook DALE in the County of SALOP | The Bridge was erected in 1779. It is the first that | was ever made of Cast Iron only. The abutments are stone | & cover’d with plates of Iron. The Road over the Bridge is | 24 feet wide, the span of the Arch is 100 feet & 6 inches and the | height from the Base line to the Center is 40 feet, the weight of the | Iron employed in the whole Bridge is 378 Ton and a half. | All the principle parts were erected in the course of three Months | without the least obstruction to the navigation of the River. | Published Feby. 1st 1788 by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London; right: James Fittler, Sculpsit
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1020
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 282-83, no. 16, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)