Sunderland Pier with the Old Lighthouse, 1842 engraving
€35.00
Tax included
Sunderland Pier with the Old Lighthouse
Engraver: Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857).
Artist: after George Balmer (c. 1806 - 10 April 1846).
Production date: 1842
Size: 15,7x16,7 cms.
With passepartout. Hand coloured.
Condition: a small tear on left margin.
The earliest north pier, 700 feet long, had been built over a period of ten years, completed in 1796. The first lighthouse appeared in 1803 on this pier, replacing the old wooden structure containing a reflector lighter. The new octagonal stone lighthouse was 23.7m high and was fitted with nine gas burners that gave off a light that was visible for up to 12 miles out to sea. The lighthouse inspired Sir Cuthbert Sharp to write a poem in 1828 whilst he was living in Sunderland,where he worked as one of the River Wear Commissioners. John Murray extended and largely rebuilt the pier and lighthouse in 1841, only for Thomas Meik to replace the lighthouse with a new cast iron version in 1856. This remained in position until 1893 when it was moved to its current position in Cliffe Park. Sir Curthbert Sharp’s evocative poem of the perils of this area of coast vividly describes the sea as seen from the clifftops at Roker.
2541
16 other products in the same category:
Sunderland Pier with the Old Lighthouse
Engraver: Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857).
Artist: after George Balmer (c. 1806 - 10 April 1846).
Production date: 1842
Size: 15,7x16,7 cms.
With passepartout. Hand coloured.
Condition: a small tear on left margin.
The earliest north pier, 700 feet long, had been built over a period of ten years, completed in 1796. The first lighthouse appeared in 1803 on this pier, replacing the old wooden structure containing a reflector lighter. The new octagonal stone lighthouse was 23.7m high and was fitted with nine gas burners that gave off a light that was visible for up to 12 miles out to sea. The lighthouse inspired Sir Cuthbert Sharp to write a poem in 1828 whilst he was living in Sunderland,where he worked as one of the River Wear Commissioners. John Murray extended and largely rebuilt the pier and lighthouse in 1841, only for Thomas Meik to replace the lighthouse with a new cast iron version in 1856. This remained in position until 1893 when it was moved to its current position in Cliffe Park. Sir Curthbert Sharp’s evocative poem of the perils of this area of coast vividly describes the sea as seen from the clifftops at Roker.