Shoreham Bridge
- Object:
Printing plate
- Date:
late 19th century - early 20th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Mura, Frank, born 1861 (engraver)
- Materials and Techniques:
Etched zinc plate, faced with steel
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs. L. I. Wright in memory of her husband, H. J. L. Wright
- Museum number:
E.1301-1963
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case V, shelf 6, box BII
Physical description
Etched zinc plate, steel-faced, depicting Norfolk Bridge. The plate has been cancelled with five slanted vertical lines across the centre .
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century (made)
Artist/maker
Mura, Frank, born 1861 (engraver)
Materials and Techniques
Etched zinc plate, faced with steel
Dimensions
Height: 23.8 cm measured by DH 29/06/2010, Width: 17 cm measured by DH 29/06/2010
Historical context note
Norfolk Bridge was a suspension bridge over the River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, designed by William Tierney Clark (with Captain Samuel Brown). It opened in 1834 and was replaced ca.1923.
Descriptive line
'Shoreham Bridge'. Cancelled etched zinc plate, steel-faced, depicting Norfolk Bridge. Etched by Frank Mura, late 19th century - early 20th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Materials
Steel; Zinc
Techniques
Etching
Subjects depicted
Houses; Bridge; Men
Categories
Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
