- Title:
- View of the Avon Gorge with Piers
- Object name(s):
- Painting
- Brief description:
- Watercolour and guache painting by George Wolfe showing the abutments and towers of Clifton Suspension Bridge during the period in which the project was abandoned. Signed and dated "WOLFE/54" (1854).
- Collection:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum
- Condition:
- Condition note:
- This item was re-framed using conservation glass in 2018. Because it is a watercolour it is sensitive to light.
- Current reproduction location:
- http://archives.cliftonbridge.org.uk/view-of-the-avon-gorge-with-piers
- Number of objects:
- 1 watercolour and gouache painting, framed, 290 x 490 mm
- Object name:
- Painting
- Object number:
- GB 3493 134
- Object production date:
- 1854
- Date - association:
- Creation
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1854-00-00
- Date - latest:
- 1854-00-00
- Object production person:
- Wolfe, George, artist
- Person's biographical note:
- Wolfe was born in Bristol, where he was raised by an adoptive mother, Mrs Buckley of Windsor Terrace, Clifton. Later he settled in Hampshire.
- Other number:
- 2019-134
- Other number type:
- Accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust Archives
- Text reason:
- Collection online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cd16c710-8def-3db6-82d9-6433408ab12e
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cd16c710-8def-3db6-82d9-6433408ab12e, Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, CC BY
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