drawing
- Museum number
- 1940,0429.2
- Description
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New London Bridge under construction; bridge being constructed in arched segments, starting in left foreground on bank and leading to right where third span not yet begun, on right bank dome of St Paul's and other spires visible. 1826
Pen and brown ink with watercolour
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 215 millimetres
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Width: 474 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The drawing is interesting for showing the new bridge at an early stage of construction, seen from the south, looking west towards Southwark Bridge and St Paul’s. The drawing shows the cofferdams used to construct the piers, only three of which are in place at this stage, and the process of laying the arches. Cofferdams are temporary barriers that allow water to be pumped out from an area normally submerged. Separate cofferdams were used to construct each of the four piers in John Rennie’s design.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2013 Sep-Oct, BM, Constructing London
- Acquisition date
- 1940
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1940,0429.2
