[Hungerford Suspension Bridge]
The newly completed Hungerford suspension bridge (1841-45), designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (see no. 22), was a powerful sign of Victorian engineering and industry and surely constituted, for Talbot, a dramatic counterpoint in this photograph to the old boats drawn up on the bank of the Thames in the foreground. Only fifteen years after its completion, this bridge was demolished and replaced by the Charing Cross railway bridge. Such was the pace of Victorian technology.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Hungerford Suspension Bridge]
- Artist: William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock)
- Date: ca. 1845
- Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
- Dimensions: 16.9 x 21.3 cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. )
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.100.608
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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