Staines Bridge

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Gideon Yates (1790-1840)
Staines Bridge
signed and dated 'YATES 1832' (lower left)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour
10 x 19½in. (25.4 x 49.6cm.)

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Lot Essay

Staines Bridge, like New London Bridge, was designed by John Rennie Senior, its foundation stone being laid on 23 June 1829. After John Senior's death it was completed by his sons, John Junior and George, and like New London Bridge, was opened (on 23 April 1836) by King William IV. It cost £23,800.
Yates' drawing was probably executed just before the Bridge's completion. The artist shows the structure as finished, yet also shows the crane used for landing the stone, and a stone being dressed by a mason. The machine is a wharf hand crane with a timber gib. Yates clearly shows the large stone which would have acted as a counterweight.

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