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Title:
Clifton Suspension Bridge, photograph
Object name(s):
Clifton Suspension Bridge, photograph; photograph; accessioned photograph
Brief description:
Salted paper print, from Collodion glass negative. View of the Clifton Suspension Bridge under construction showing the two towers (the bridge itself not yet built).
Collection:
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Acquisition date:
11/2/1980
Acquisition method:
donation
Associated concept:
1850s
Associated concept:
early photography
Associated concept:
social history
Associated concept:
bridge
Dimension:
length (mm):165
Dimension:
width (mm):215
Entry date:
11/2/1980
Material:
paper
Number of objects:
1
Object name:
Clifton Suspension Bridge, photograph; photograph (print); accessioned photograph
Object production date:
1850s (circa)
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1/1/1850
Date - latest:
31/12/1859
Object production note:
Museum draft catalogue mentions that photograph may possibly be by Dr Britton.
Object production person:
Llewelyn, John Dillwyn
Person's association:
Creation
Person's association:
photographer
Person's biographical note:
person
Other number:
80.9I/37
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
V6 system number:37097
Other number type:
other
Ownership dates:
1850s
Ownership place:
Clifton
Place status:
place name
Reproduction number:
media-15612
Reproduction type:
image
Technique:
salted paper print
Technique:
black and white (monochrome photograph)
Technique:
photograph

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7aaf3513-ea88-314e-9891-8467ece73217

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7aaf3513-ea88-314e-9891-8467ece73217, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, CC BY-NC

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