Category: Pier
Chain Pier Brighton
BPC00072 Aquatint drawn and published by Joseph Cordwell, first issued c1823: this is the second state of c1824, with the addition of the waterwheel, and a railing that appears to pass through the hor... Read More
Interior View of Brighton Royal Chain Pier
BPC00071 Aquatint engraving by and after John Bruce, and published by the artist as plate 4 in his Select Views of Brighton, 1829. The Chain Pier was such an attraction for artists that 171 known pri... Read More
Brighton from the Chain Pier
BPC00070 Steel engraving from Allen’s History of the Counties of Surrey & Sussex, published by I T Hinton, 1829. This was a very successful image, with a second edition published by Edward Lacey... Read More
Brighton Pier
BPC00068 Copperplate aquatint engraving by and after John Bruce, and published in his History of Brighton and Stranger’s Guide 1827. This image shows the first rebuilding of the toll booth, but pre... Read More
Brighton from the Sea
BPC00067 Wood engraving by G Nibbs after R Nibbs, published as the frontispiece in W & C Fleet’s Hand-Book of Brighton and its Environs, with some account of the Fishery, 1847. Fleet’s hand-bo... Read More
Suspension Chain Pier Brighton
BPC00066 There is a close-up view available of this image which makes the text legible: click here to view the detail Aquatint, drawn, engraved and published by the Brighton artist John Bruce, 8 Middl... Read More
Brighton Suspension Pier
BPC00065 Aquatint engraving after Edward Fox and published in C & R Sickelmore’s Select Views of Brighton, c1827. Fox was a fine architectural and topographical artist, who moved down from Lond... Read More
