A pair of original antique 19th-century engravings of London, mounted on the same card: "The Zoological Gardens", with the public strolling among the flower beds and the fountain, and "Opening of New London Bridge, August 1831", with the Thames covered in dressed craft on the day the bridge was inaugurated.
A pair of original antique 19th-century engravings of London, mounted on the same card: "The Zoological Gardens", with the public strolling among the flower beds and the fountain, and "Opening of New London Bridge, August 1831", with the Thames covered in dressed craft on the day the bridge was inaugurated.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: Melville
Date: 19th century; the second view dated August 1831
Dimensions: 4.7 x 3.5 in (12 x 9 cm) each
Condition: Fair. Both pasted to card; the first with a small restored tear along the top edge and foxing in the upper right corner.