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Demolition of the Great or Chapel-Pier of Old London Bridge

Maker

(artist)
1811-1880

(etcher)
1811-1880

(publisher)
active 1832-1833 (Life dates)

Title

Demolition of the Great or Chapel-Pier of Old London Bridge

Date of Production

1832

Medium

etching

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm
Width: 37.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3595.7

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





wharves


Label Text

This richly detailed etching belongs to a series by Edward William Cooke entitled Views of the Old and New London Bridges published in 1833. Viewed from the South Bank, Cooke observes men toiling to dismantle the 623-years-old London Bridge. Across the Thames, the Monument to the Great Fire of London of 1666 is also depicted. Together, these architectural sites attest to the sometimes tragic acts of creative destruction that belong to London’s long history of urban transformation.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Drawn [ampersand] Etched by Edwd Willm Cooke. / DEMOLITION OF THE GREAT, OR CHAPEL-PIER, OF OLD LONDON BRIDGE. / with the DERRICK used in Drawing the FOUNDATION PILES [ampersand]c March 1832 / LONDON Pubd. Octr 1832 for the PROPRIETORS. by J Brown. 17. Old Broad Street. //

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