Opening of Waterloo Bridge. June 18. 1817.
I.G. [Lady Julia Gordon.]
Very scarce pen lithograph, pt J. Whatman watermark. Sheet 170 x 325mm (6¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, tear in bottom edge taped.
The celebrations during the opening of the first Waterloo Bridge, which was designed by John Rennie. Lady Julia Gordon (1775-1867, neé Julia Isabella Levina Bennet) was a pupil of both J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. Her husband, General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, was Quartermaster General during the Peninsular Wars.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 56271] £160.00
Very scarce pen lithograph, pt J. Whatman watermark. Sheet 170 x 325mm (6¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, tear in bottom edge taped.
The celebrations during the opening of the first Waterloo Bridge, which was designed by John Rennie. Lady Julia Gordon (1775-1867, neé Julia Isabella Levina Bennet) was a pupil of both J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. Her husband, General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, was Quartermaster General during the Peninsular Wars.
Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 56271] £160.00