Balclutha Bridge 1867.

1870

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Thomson's bridge was swept away by the derelict Beaumont bridge when it floated down the river in the disastrous flooding of the Clutha in 1878.

Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1870; u.r. in pencil: 9; on mount with brush: Balclutha Bridge 1867; on mount in pencil in donor’s hand: Opened 14 Oct 1868, James Macandrew. Destroyed when Beaumont Bridge came down in 1878 flood.

536 x 740 mm

watercolour & opaque white with scumble on pape

Lennel Trust.

Given by the Hall-Jones family, Invercargill, 1992 [Given by Geoffrey Hall-Jones, John Hall-Jones & Gerard Hall-Jones, sons of the late Marjorie Hall-Jones, a granddaughter of John Turnbull Thomson].

Thomson sketchbook volume 6