Dundas Aqueduct, Claverton, Bath (after John Claude Nattes)
John Hill (London 1770 - Clarksville, USA 1850)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1805
Materials
Paper
Measurements
340 x 255 mm
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624230
Summary
Print, hand-coloured aquatint etching, Dundas Aqueduct, Claverton, Bath (after John Claude Nattes) by John Hill (London 1770 - Clarksville, USA 1850). 1805. Built by John Rennie in 1804 to carry his Kennet and Avon Canal over the River Avon between Bathampton and Limpley Stoke. A self-acting railway incline used for bringing down building stone from the crest of the hill can be made out, just above the sail of the barge.
Makers and roles
John Hill (London 1770 - Clarksville, USA 1850), engraver (printmaker) after John Claude Nattes (Ireland? c.1765 - London 1839), artist