St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Bridge
S. G. Hughes (1793-1825)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1832
Materials
Paper
Measurements
305 x 445 mm
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624213
Summary
Print, hand coloured aquatint etching, St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Bridge by S. G. Hughes (1793-1825). Published by Ackerman after S.G.Hughes 1832 of St Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Bridge. Designed by Charles Blacker Vignoles and built c.1831, this handsome bridge with its architectural features carried the St Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway over the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Makers and roles
S. G. Hughes (1793-1825), engraver Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834) , engraver and publisher