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TO GEORGE III KING OF GREAT BRITTAIN, THIS VIEW OF THE CAST IRON BRIDGE NEAR COALBROOK-DALE IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP

1782

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TO GEORGE III KING OF GREAT BRITTAIN, THIS VIEW OF THE CAST IRON BRIDGE NEAR COALBROOK-DALE IN THE COUNTY OF SALOP
1782
is by permission most respectfully inscribed by His faithful and dutiful Subjects, the Coalbrook-dale Company, published as the Act directs, 4th June 1782 by Ja Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street.
Engraved and Printed by Adams & Lay, by Permission of the Proprietors of the Print from which it is copied'

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Lot Essay

The bridge depicted here was the embodiment of progress. It was the first cast iron bridge to be built and was regarded as a wonder of the age. It was started in 1778 by Abraham Darby III, the grandson of Abraham Darby I, who began the foundry at Coalbrook-dale. The bridge was opened two years before the printing of this handkerchief in 1780.

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