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This View of Laying the Foundation Stone of Clifton Suspension Bridge on 27th August 1836, is Dedicated with the greatest respect to the Most Noble The Marquis of Northampton, The Members of the British Association & Bridge Trustees, by their obedient Servant , The Publisher.
Miss Gun Cunningham del. W. Walton lith. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by O.C. Lane, Clifton. [n.d., c. 1836.]
Rare lithograph on chine collé. 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"), with large margins. Crease across lower corner.
A view of the start of the second attempt to build Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bridge. After an 1829 competition to design the bridge was annulled when Thomas Telford tried to declare himself the winner, the second competition (1830) was won by the 24-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The foundation stone was laid in 1831, but work was stopped almost immediately by the Bristol Riots. Restarted in 1836 the project continued to be dogged with political and financial difficulties and by 1843, with only the towers completed, the project was abandoned. Brunel died prematurely aged 53 years in 1859 but the Bridge was completed as his memorial and finally opened in 1864.
[Ref: 47548] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Miss Gun Cunningham del. W. Walton lith. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published by O.C. Lane, Clifton. [n.d., c. 1836.]
Rare lithograph on chine collé. 230 x 290mm (9 x 11½"), with large margins. Crease across lower corner.
A view of the start of the second attempt to build Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bridge. After an 1829 competition to design the bridge was annulled when Thomas Telford tried to declare himself the winner, the second competition (1830) was won by the 24-year-old Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The foundation stone was laid in 1831, but work was stopped almost immediately by the Bristol Riots. Restarted in 1836 the project continued to be dogged with political and financial difficulties and by 1843, with only the towers completed, the project was abandoned. Brunel died prematurely aged 53 years in 1859 but the Bridge was completed as his memorial and finally opened in 1864.
[Ref: 47548] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)