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Old Battersea Bridge

Print
1883 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of a bridge.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleOld Battersea Bridge (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching on plate.
Brief description
Etched plate by Sir Frank Short: Old Battersea Bridge
Physical description
Etching of a bridge.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 4 3/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Plate width: 6 1/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Etched surface height: 3 3/8in (Note: Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Etched surface width: 5 9/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed Frank Short del & se 1883. Inscribed in pencil Frank Short to F Goulding. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
E.1798-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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