DrawingsBritish19th century

No 566 Menai Suspension Bridge From the Beach on the Anglesea Side

September 29, 1827

Artists

Sir John Frederick William HerschelArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white laid paper, executed with a camera lucida

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.3 × 37.7 cm (9 9/16 × 14 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Family of Sir John Herschel, by descent. [Maggs Brothers, London]. Graham Nash. Private Collection. [Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc. Fine Photographs, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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