Building the Tyne Bridge Drawing

Living just outside Newcastle, UK - the Tyne bridge has become an iconic symbol of life here in the North-East of England. The building of the bridge began in 1925, finishing with a grand opening in 1928. There is the larger Sydney Harbour bridge, which was being built around the same time but opened in 1932, and also features the same parabolic arch design. The image of the bridge has been hugely popular with tourists and replicated many times. However I have not come across much original artwork which tells the story of it's construction - in particular how workers had to cross tight-ropes without any harnesses to piece it together from the outside in. All whilst normal life below continued. Incredibly only 1 person died during the 3-year project. The drawing itself is simple graphite pencils in varying weights and also a black paper cut-out to make the building silhouette. The original artwork has pencil smudges which are difficult to avoid when drawing! However the print-version of the artwork has been cleaned up to remove most of the smudges.

Drawing:Graphite on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11.7 W x 8.3 H x 0.1 D in

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