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Aspect General de Londres

Vue Prise de l'Abbaye de Westminster.

APPERT, Arnaud; [after] Nicolas Marie Joseph CHAPUY, as "Chapuis"; [and] Xavier GUESNU; [printed by] Alfred CHARDON.
Paris,
Dusacq. Edr. 14 Boulev. De Poissonniere,
[c.1870].
Engraving with aquatint.
Image: 517 by 835mm (20.25 by 32.75 inches). Sheet: 650 by 905mm (25.5 by 35.75 inches).
12481

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The sixth, and final, state of the print, "retouched" by Guesnu. Brunel's Hungerford Suspension Bridge has been re-engraved to become the Charing Cross Railway Bridge, though some of its suspension cables are still visible. It shows Charing Cross Station, Victoria Embankment, Albert Embankment, St Thomas's Hospital, Cannon Street Railway Bridge (but not Station), and Blackfriars Railway Bridge (very sketchily).

We are aware of a fifth state, without the additions...

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