Interior View of Brighton Royal Chain Pier

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Digital Media Bank ID: 40696
Original Filename: fa202822_d01.jpg
Description: Image of topographic print from Fine Art collection.
Categories: Timeline/ 1820s, Timeline/ Georgian (1714 - 1837), Collections/ Fine Art/ Topographic Prints, Images of Brighton & Hove/ Brighton/ Buildings & Landmarks/ Chain Pier  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: Public Domain / CC0
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Type (of Object or Artwork): Aquatint
Title (of Artwork / Object): Interior View of Brighton Royal Chain Pier
Creator (of Artwork / Object): John Bruce
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1829
Description (Object or Artwork): Perspective view of the Chain Pier and Pier Head from the Pier looking North towards Brighton. Four piles visible with four pairs of towers each pair joined at the top by a pyramidal arch, pair of towers in centre with a lantern on top and bell. Centre foreground sundial enclosed by railings with man in top hat leaning on the railings. Pulley's to either side of main tower with rowing boat to right. Standing woman with parasol to right. Seated man and woman to right. Figure of a soldier talking to a man and woman left from the sundial in foreground. from Bruce. Select Views of Brighton, 18129, pl.4. The pairs of towers were modelled on the design of the pylon gateways of Karnak in Egypt.
Source (of Object / Artwork): Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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Latitude: 50.8166
Longitude: -0.1321
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Media: Image
Size: 2.31 MB; 3948 x 2404 pixels; 334 x 204 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Landscape
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Linked Accession no.: FA202822