Sujet

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Mr John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, performed the office. The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames in central London. It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A16_011

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

35,6Mo (2,9Mo) / 32,7cm x 27,3cm / 3866 x 3223 (300dpi)

Mots clés

road people male man men ceremony stone arts politics engineering art foundations guy British tools tool ceremonial color laying chain political foundation location heavy Victorian century Britain newspapers press print chains concept civil engineering B&W politician mallet engraved engraving Thoroughfare Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black politicians nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News set square Thames Embankment ILN foundation stone newspaper Unknown John 19th-century John Thwaites Sir John Thwaites Thwaites