Inscribed "Clifton Suspension Bridge October 20th 1866". Item appears to have been cut from a scrapbook.
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.
Paulton, Samuel, photographerKing Edward VII visited Bristol to open the new dock at Avonmouth on 9 July 1908. In the evening, after the opening celebrations, the King 'had a motor drive from Avonmouth to Bristol, and inspected the Clifton Suspension Bridge". Inscribed on reverse: 'M[...] I rec'd your letter with money alright, this A.M, & thank you very much for sending it me so quickly. Am making my further preparations for the exam. Am keeping well. I trust you are the same. Many thanks also for Papers. Write later. With love, P[eter]'
Art Printers Ltd, BristolInscribed on reverse: 'Dear Miss Ladder hope it will find you all quite well and i wish you all a merry xmas and a bright new year kindly give my [bes]t respects to all from Victor'.
GrosvenorReverse 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."
Bark, Cyrus Voss, (d.1913), photographerThe chains were completed by 6 May 1864.
unknownReverse has text: "151. Menheniot Viaduct, Cornwall. / The Cornish Railway is carried at a high level, and the numerous valleys it has to cross are spanned with Viaducts of the most light and seemingly fragile construction. The Viaduct at Menheniot is one of the loftiest, and is the most ornamental on the line. It is a beautiful piece of woodwork, and a most picturesque object in connection with the richly wooded valley it spans." Label: "Sold by Edward Lavin, Mineral Museum, Chapel Street, Penzance".
Spreat, W, publisher, 229 High Street, ExeterInscribed on reverse
Editions Louis Burgy, Lausanne, publisher