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Description: | Coloured engraving. While the foreground of this work shows men working aboard a variety of boats and vessels on the River Thames, the engraving is dominated by a representation of London Bridge. The bridge is shown it as it appeared in the mid-18th century, when it was crowded with houses and towers several storeys high. The year 1760 included in the lettering of this print, indicates that the bridge is shown just prior to the structural changes it underwent between 1758 and 1762. During this period the houses were removed and the two central arches were replaced by a single span. | Subjects: | genre church ship rowing boat house sailboat smoke topography spire monument bridge (urban) chimney townscape/cityscape river | Temporal: | 1761 | Source: | Government Art Collection | Creator: | Pierre Charles Canot (Engraver) | Identifier: | http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?... | Go to resource |
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