Print, Aquatint on Paper, Colored, THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE. AS IT APPEARED ON MONDAY AUGUST 1ST, 1831 AT THE CEREMONY OF OPENING BY THEIR MAJESTIES.
Colored aquatint of the New London Bridge at its opening ceremony on August 1, 1831. Scene shows the bridge lined with flags and numerous ships on the water going underneath. Crowds are also on shore watching the ceremony. A balloon flown by Charles Green is aloft in the distance. 'Published by Whittaker & Co in La Belle Assembleé. No. 82 (New Series) for Octr. 1832.'
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Vanessa Nagengast
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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