Hungerford Suspension Bridge, William Henry Fox Talbot, ca. 1845

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Hungerford Suspension Bridge, ca. 1845, Salted paper print from paper negative, x cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. ), Photographs, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, Dorset 1800–1877 Lacock), The newly completed Hungerford suspension bridge (1841-45), designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was a powerful sign of Victorian engineering and industry and surely constituted, for Talbot, a dramatic counterpoint in this photograph to the old boats drawn up on the bank of the Thames in the foreground

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Size: 5133px × 4071px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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