Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge Portrait Print
Conference of Engineers at the Menai Straits Preparatory to Floating one of the Tubes of the Britannia Bridge NPG D10713
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by James Scott, published by Henry Graves & Co, after John Lucas
An engraving after John Lucas' group portrait commissioned by the Institute of Civil Engineers, circa 1851-1853, to commemorate the building of the Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits. The bridge, which formed a link from Chester to Holyhead and thus the Irish crossing, was one of the greatest achievements of Robert Stephenson, shown seated in the centre of the composition. In order to cover the span of the Straits, Stephenson devised a construction of massive wrought iron tubes, supported on mansonry piers.
Extra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00
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