Title
VIEW of a STONE BRIDGE across the VALLEY and RIVER at RISCA in MONMOUTHSHIRE : Over which the Sirhony Road is carried, which leads from the Town of Newport, to the extensive Iron Works of Tredegar and Sirhony and the intermediate Collieries: a distance of 24 miles. / Drawn by Edwd Pugh ; Engraved by Thos Cartwright.
Creator
Cartwright, Thomas (Printmaker), printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : [ J. Hodgkinson & T. Clay], [1810]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; sheet 43.7 x 60.8 cm
Description
A large bridge across a valley; factories with smoking chimneys; horses pulling crates; two figures sitting by the side of a road; trees and mountains throughout the scene. The remainder of the title inscription reads: "INCLUDING A VIEW of the WORKS and BUILDINGS of the UNION COPPER COMPANY adjoining the BRIDGE. Dedicated to the Monmouthshire Canal and the Sirhony Tram Road Companies. By their obliged & obedt Humble servt John Hodgkinson Engineer".
Place
Monmouthsire (Wales)
Additional information
Publishing information taken from print from the same plate in the National Library of Wales Shelfmark Monmouthshire Top. D10 D006.
Other persons
Pugh, Edward, approximately 1761-1813, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.31.15.1.