The opening of the Waterloo Bridge on the 18th June 1817.
Etched by A.Pugin from a Drawing by Wm. Findlater, taken from the top of Holylands Hotel, above Salisbury Wharf. Engraved by R.Havell & Son. [n.d., c.1818.] Rare coloured aquatint. 470 x 290mm (18½ x 11½"). Frame 660 x 470mm (26 x 18½"). Framed and mounted. Repairs top right. View of Waterloo Bridge from the top of Holyland's Hotel, Salisbury Wharf; many boats on water passing beneath bridge, the river bank is crowded with people standing on shore or on docked boats, many more people crowded onto bridge, on which flags are flown; St Paul's in distance to left.
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