Pedestrian Bridge Collection (#8)

Venus and Mars in a river landscape with Vulcan labouring in his forge, c. 1500 (oil on panel)
478830 Venus and Mars in a river landscape with Vulcan labouring in his forge, c.1500 (oil on panel) by Venetian School; 32.1 x 25.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

On Union Bridge (b / w photo)
7191261 On Union Bridge (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: On Union Bridge. Illustration for Porters Views of Aberdeen and District (James Porter, Aberdeen)

Victoria Road, Torry (b / w photo)
7191233 Victoria Road, Torry (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Victoria Road, Torry)

Bridge of Dee, Invercauld (b / w photo)
7191204 Bridge of Dee, Invercauld (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bridge of Dee, Invercauld)

Rio del Olio, Venice, Italy (colour litho)
7148385 Rio del Olio, Venice, Italy (colour litho) by MacDonald, William Alister (1861-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rio del Olio, Venice, Italy)

Soldier guarding the Bridge at Kehl, Alsace, during the French Revolution (colour litho)
5208358 Soldier guarding the Bridge at Kehl, Alsace, during the French Revolution (colour litho) by Waltz, Jean-Jacques (Hansi) (1873-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Italy: Bassano (b / w photo)
6011547 Italy: Bassano (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bassano. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher (F A Brockhaus)

Mains Castle (etching)
6198473 Mains Castle (etching) by Grieve, Alec (1864-1933); 36.5x25.4 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; (add.info.: Alec Grieve (1864-1933)); Dundee Art Galleries and Museums

The ruins of the Vernon Bridge. Painting by Julien Devos (1846 - 1925), 19th century. Vernon, Musee Poulain
JLJ4668916 The ruins of the Vernon Bridge. Painting by Julien Devos (1846 - 1925), 19th century. Vernon, Musee Poulain by Devos, Julien (1846-1925); Musee Alphonse Georges Poulain, Vernon

Towers of Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn Bridge (b / w photo)
6025034 Towers of Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn Bridge (b/w photo) by Bucovich, Mario (1884-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Towers of Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn Bridge)

Northern Spain: Orense, The Bridge over the Mino (colour litho)
6028029 Northern Spain: Orense, The Bridge over the Mino (colour litho) by Wigram, Edgar T. A. (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Orense, The Bridge over the Mino)

Frost, 1920 (oil on canvas)
6431035 Frost, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Fjaestad, Gustaf Edolf (1868-1948); Private Collection

With a Canadian Pacific Railway Survey-Party, Rocky Mountains Division (engraving)
1061725 With a Canadian Pacific Railway Survey-Party, Rocky Mountains Division (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rain in the Cloudy Mountains, 1915
7202753 Rain in the Cloudy Mountains, 1915 by Wu Qingyun (before 1857-1916); 45, 72 x 96, 52 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Rain in the Cloudy Mountains)

An Elegant Riding Party outside a Farm by a River (oil on canvas)
147372 An Elegant Riding Party outside a Farm by a River (oil on canvas) by Wouwermans or Wouvermans, Philips (1619-1668); 48x62.2 cm; Private Collection

Dallas, Bridge and Village (b / w photo)
7198817 Dallas, Bridge and Village (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dallas, Bridge and Village)

Le Passage du Ruisseau (engraving)
7194587 Le Passage du Ruisseau (engraving) by Yeames, William Frederick (1835-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Passage du Ruisseau)

Brig o Balgownie (b / w photo)
7191239 Brig o Balgownie (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brig o Balgownie. Illustration for Porters Views of Aberdeen and District (James Porter, Aberdeen)

Abegeldie Castle (b / w photo)
7191208 Abegeldie Castle (b/w photo) by Porter, James (1874-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abegeldie Castle. Illustration for Porters Views of Aberdeen and District (James Porter, Aberdeen)

Berlin: An der Jannowitzbrucke; Jannowitz Bridge (b / w photo)
7181343 Berlin: An der Jannowitzbrucke; Jannowitz Bridge (b/w photo) by Bucovich, Mario (1884-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: An der Jannowitzbrucke; Jannowitz Bridge)

Heidelberg, An der Alten Neckarbrucke; Heidelberg, The old Neckar Bridge (b / w photo)
7164912 Heidelberg, An der Alten Neckarbrucke; Heidelberg, The old Neckar Bridge (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heidelberg)

Old Manchester: Blackfriars Bridge (litho)
7160617 Old Manchester: Blackfriars Bridge (litho) by Ralston, John (1789-1833); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blackfriars Bridge)

Old Manchester: Old Buildings, taken down, near Strangeways Bridge (litho)
7160596 Old Manchester: Old Buildings, taken down, near Strangeways Bridge (litho) by Ralston, John (1789-1833); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Buildings, taken down, near Strangeways Bridge)

Old Manchester: Old Church and Bridge, from Blackfriars (litho)
7160591 Old Manchester: Old Church and Bridge, from Blackfriars (litho) by Ralston, John (1789-1833); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Church and Bridge, from Blackfriars)

Road Bridge, Ladysmith (b / w photo)
7160182 Road Bridge, Ladysmith (b/w photo) by Kisch, David Henry (1847-1902); Private Collection; (add.info.: Road Bridge, Ladysmith)

View of the port Saint Nicolas It was located near the Pont Neuf in Paris
JLJ4657928 View of the port Saint Nicolas It was located near the Pont Neuf in Paris. Painting by Jean Auguste Garneray (1778-1845) 1834 Sun

Dante and the River Entella or Passage Illustration of the Purgatory in "La divina commedia"
LRI4692744 Dante and the River Entella or Passage Illustration of the Purgatory in " La divina commedia" (The divine comedy) by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Exposition de l industrie et des beaux arts russe de Nijni Novgorod (Nijni-Novgorod), 1896 : pont en beton
FIA5410700 Exposition de l industrie et des beaux arts russe de Nijni Novgorod (Nijni-Novgorod), 1896 : pont en beton. Photographie de Maxim Petrovich Dmitriev (1858-1948), 1896

Plan of Part of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Showing the Property Destroyed by Fire 6 October 1854, c
6353159 Plan of Part of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Showing the Property Destroyed by Fire 6 October 1854, c.1854 (colour litho) by Oliver

Northern Spain: Cangas de Onis, The Bridge over the Sella (colour litho)
6028013 Northern Spain: Cangas de Onis, The Bridge over the Sella (colour litho) by Wigram, Edgar T. A. (1864-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cangas de Onis, The Bridge over the Sella)

Roma: Isola Tiberina e Ponte dis Bartolommeo (b / w photo)
6017648 Roma: Isola Tiberina e Ponte dis Bartolommeo (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Isola Tiberina e Ponte dis Bartolommeo)

The Romance of Perfume: China (colour litho)
6032756 The Romance of Perfume: China (colour litho) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: China)

Watch House on the Bridge, Bradford on Avon, Wilts (litho)
6028903 Watch House on the Bridge, Bradford on Avon, Wilts (litho) by Roe, Fred (1864-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Watch House on the Bridge, Bradford on Avon, Wilts)

Italy: Ponte del Diavolo presso Lucca (b / w photo)
6011562 Italy: Ponte del Diavolo presso Lucca (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ponte del Diavolo presso Lucca)

Italy: Verona (b / w photo)
6011560 Italy: Verona (b/w photo) by Hielscher, Kurt (1881-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Verona. Illustration for Unbekanntes Italien [Unknown Italy] by Kurt Hielscher (F A Brockhaus, 1941)

Watching the Ducks, (watercolour heightened with white)
652051 Watching the Ducks, (watercolour heightened with white) by Stannard, Henry John Sylvester (1870-1951); 36.2x53.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Watching the Ducks)

Railway alphabet Rs T U V, 1860 (illustration)
7206895 Railway alphabet Rs T U V, 1860 (illustration) by British School, (19th century); 29x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rs T U V: Rails, Station, Tunnel, One, Viaduct)

Railways alphabet W X, 1860 (illustration)
7206901 Railways alphabet W X, 1860 (illustration) by British School, (19th century); 29x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: W: To go do a Whist I hastened. But heres the whistle, I came early)

Railways alphabet U V, 1860 (illustration)
7206899 Railways alphabet U V, 1860 (illustration) by British School, (19th century); 29x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: U: Its a marmot)

Bhore Ghaut, Great India Peninsular Railway, Bombay (w / c on paper)
5889218 Bhore Ghaut, Great India Peninsular Railway, Bombay (w/c on paper) by British School, (19th century); 34.3x69.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo © The Ms Gallery, London

Railway alphabet W X Y Z, 1860 (illustration)
7206900 Railway alphabet W X Y Z, 1860 (illustration) by British School, (19th century); 29x24 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: W X Y Z: Whist, Express, Eyes, Zigzags)

A Bay Pony by a River, c. 1823 (oil on canvas)
7240749 A Bay Pony by a River, c.1823 (oil on canvas) by Smith, William (fl.1815-59); 49x59 cm; The Weston Park Foundation, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: The animal facing to left)

Barn bridge
7231845 Barn bridge by Werenskiold, Erik Theodor (1855-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: Erik Werenskiold (1855-1938)); Photo © O. Vaering

Meavy (pencil, pen, grey ink and w / c)
7076670 Meavy (pencil, pen, grey ink and w/c) by Abbott, John White (1764-1851); 12.1x19.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Abbott, John White (1764-1851))

Huge explosion at the Four Courts, Battle of Dublin, Irish Civil War, 1922 (b / w photo)
7148723 Huge explosion at the Four Courts, Battle of Dublin, Irish Civil War, 1922 (b/w photo) by Irish Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Huge explosion at the Four Courts)

Leatherhead from Railway Bridge (b / w photo)
7156330 Leatherhead from Railway Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leatherhead from Railway Bridge)

Hungerford: High Street, from Canal Bridge (b / w photo)
7168080 Hungerford: High Street, from Canal Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: High Street, from Canal Bridge)

The Victoria Bridge (engraving)
7167659 The Victoria Bridge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Victoria Bridge)

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"Connecting Worlds: The Beauty of Pedestrian Bridges" From the vibrant Arundel Bridge in Curacao, with its stunning Dutch colonial buildings along Handelskade, to the majestic Forth Bridge engraved in history, pedestrian bridges have always captivated our imagination. In Glasgow's Broomielaw Bridge litho, we witness a testament to architectural brilliance that spans generations. Meanwhile, the enchanting Walton Bridge engraving invites us to explore the scenic landscapes of Surrey. Curacao's Queen Juliana Bridge stands tall as a symbol of strength and unity, while Waterloo Bridge's foggy effect on canvas transports us into a mysterious realm. Artistic masterpieces like Water Lily Pond and Charing-Cross Bridge evoke emotions through their brushstrokes, reminding us that even bridges can inspire creativity. But it is not just beauty that these structures offer; they also serve practical purposes. As seen in "The Cultivation of Tea in Assam" engraving, bridges facilitate trade and connect communities across vast terrains. Even advertisements for Layton Brothers Restaurant showcase how pedestrian bridges bring people together by providing access to delightful experiences, and are more than mere concrete or steel; they are gateways connecting worlds and fostering harmony between nature and urban landscapes. Whether it be crossing rivers or uniting cultures, these remarkable structures remind us that bridging gaps is essential for progress and understanding. So next time you walk across a pedestrian bridge, take a moment to appreciate its significance – both aesthetically and functionally – as it gracefully carries you from one side to another.