Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Title:
The Viaduct over the Sankey Canal
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 7/16 inches (15.6 × 21.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in ink, lower right: "I. Shaw | 1830"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2699
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
canal boat | viaduct | landscape | bridges, arch | people | train | architectural subject | bridge (built work) | bridges, railway | lock | locomotive, steam | canal | houses
Associated Places:
England | Saint Helens Canal | Warrington | Saint Helens | Earlestown | United Kingdom | Sankey Brook | Cheshire | Newton-le-Willows | Burtonwood
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. 28, no. 273, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19941