A Span of Old Battersea Bridge

Minneapolis Institute of Art

A Span of Old Battersea Bridge

Sir Frank ShortLinkedCulture matchlcp-b236ccbec958

Date
1899
Medium
Aquatint and roulette
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
106828

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Frank Short added sand to his aquatint ground to achieve a rougher, darker texture for the timbers of the Battersea railway bridge. The result is a grim depiction of urban decay as relevant today as it was to Londoners a century ago. England, Europe

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Gift of Edith and Norman Garmezy

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