• Print, Etching on Paper, Colored, NEW LONDON BRIDGE. OPENED BY KING WILLIAM & QUEEN ADELAIDE, AUGUST 1ST 1831.
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    Colored etching of the new London Bridge, which was opened on August 1, 1831. The image shows the bridge lined with flags and a large crowd of people. Boats are on the water, holding more people and flags. A balloon is aloft in the sky above the bridge. Metallic dots have been adhered to parts of the scene for enhancement. 'Printed & Published by John Fairburn. 44, Barbican, London.'

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Vanessa Nagengast

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02/20/2015

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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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