A Span of Old Battersea Bridge
Sir Frank Short
1899
- Medium
- Aquatint and roulette
- Dimensions
- 7 7/16 x 11 5/8 in. (18.89 x 29.53 cm) (plate) 11 x 15 9/16 in. (27.94 x 39.53 cm) (sheet)
- Genre
Tags
England
About
Frank Short added sand to his aquatint ground to achieve a rougher, darker texture for the timbers of the Battersea railway bridge. The result is a grim depiction of urban decay as relevant today as it was to Londoners a century ago.
