Inscribed "Rocks at Clifton on the Avon at Bristol, Engd". The abutments and towers of Clifton Suspension Bridge were built between 1836 and 1843. However, money ran out and the project was finally abandoned when the Clifton Suspension Bridge Act expired in 1853 and the existing ironwork was sold off. Work did not begin again on site to finish the bridge until 1862.
Sans titreReverse carries stamp and Royal crest: "Photographer to the Queen and H.R.H the Prince of Wales / C. V. Bark (Late Beattie & Bark) / Strathearn House / Clifton Bristol."
Sans titreReverse carries stamp and Royal crest: "Photographer to the Queen and H.R.H the Prince of Wales / John Beattie / Strathearn House / Clifton Bristol."
Sans titreNo. 1284. Reverse carries crested stamp: "Photographed by F. Bedford photographer to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales."
Sans titreReverse is inscribed: "A N ABN. JN. &SN. August 1871 Clifton". The image shown however dates from before the Bridge was completed in 1864.
Sans titreReverse carries stamp and Royal crest: "Photographer to the Queen and H.R.H the Prince of Wales / C. V. Bark (Late Beattie & Bark) / Strathearn House / Clifton Bristol."
Sans titre