Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Studio of Thomas Telford, 1757–1834, British
Title:
Plan of a Chain Bridge Now Being Erected over the Menai at Bangor Ferry
Date:
1819
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 13/16 × 21 1/2 inches (37.6 × 54.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen, with brown ink, lower center: "A Plan of a | Chain Bridge | Now being erected over the Menai | at Bangor Ferry | 1819"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1510
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 21, no. 210, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13002