- Title:
- Robert Stephenson, M.P. and the most celebrated engineers raising the tubular bridge
- Object name(s):
- print; mezzotint; print; mezzotint
- Brief description:
- Mezzotint, Conference of engineers at Britannia Bridge. Scott after John Lucas, 1858; After the oil by Lucas, 1851-53, in the Institution of Civil Engineers London. - Proof issued April 1858. – Old mount title: Robert Stephenson, M.P. and the most celebrated engineers raising the tubular bridge. - Artist witnessed float of 4th tube. Portrait, Robert Stephenson seated centre at table with plans and instruments; around him, seated or standing, Locke, Brunel, Bidder, Wild, L and E Clark, Forster, and Ross, civil engineers; Moorson and Claxton, nautical specialists; Hemmingway, master mason; background panorama of completed bridge [1850] over Menai Strait
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- Associated concept:
- mezzotint
- Associated person:
- Alexander Ross
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Robert Stephenson
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Joseph Locke
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- George Parker Bidder
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Charles Heard Wild
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Edwin Clark
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Josiah Latimer Clark
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated person:
- Forster, Frank
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated place:
- Menai Strait
- Place association:
- association
- Associated place:
- Britannia Tubular Bridge
- Place association:
- depicted
- Credit line:
- Grosvenor Prints
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 1 15/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 50
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 32 7/8
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 835
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 7
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 15.43244
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 39 3/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1000
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 33 1/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 840
- Material:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object name:
- print; mezzotint; print; mezzotint
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1858
- Date - latest:
- 1858
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1858
- Date - latest:
- 1858
- Object production person:
- Scott, James; Lucas, John
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1990-126
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Art
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b4d9479d-64a7-3357-ac6c-275e382cca17
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b4d9479d-64a7-3357-ac6c-275e382cca17, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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