Title

View of Rochester Bridge with the Castle, &c', 1779.

Caption

'View of Rochester Bridge with the Castle, &c', 1779. Rochester Bridge over the River Medway in Kent, with boats in the foreground and Rocheter Castle in the distance. The medieval stone bridge, completed in 1391, was the only crossing at Rochester for almost 500 years. It was demolished in 1857 and replaced with a cast iron bridge. From "The Modern Universal British Traveller".

Date

1779

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F04_436

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

82,2Mb (5,4Mb) / 22,5in x 14,2in / 6752 x 4253 (300dpi)

Keywords

engraving landscape transport transportation exterior outdoors river building England people boat boats arts book bridge geography castle ruins medieval ruin fortification century Kent literature ruined B&W MONOCHROME water transport black & white black and white B W Middle Ages 14th century 18th century Eighteenth Century Fourteenth Century Rochester Castle The Print Collector geographical feature River Medway TGN outside engraving landscape Unknown Rochester Bridge Modern Universal British Traveller The Modern Universal British Traveller