[Hungerford Suspension Bridge]

ca. 1845

Not on view

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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