The Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie South Cantilver
About this artwork
The building of the Forth Bridge was celebrated in its day as “a triumph of engineering skill to eclipse the Ship Canal which has turned Africa into an island and a work which will reduce the pyramids to mere child’s play”. Following the disastrous collapse of the Tay Bridge in 1879, the engineers, John Fowler and Benjamin Baker, proposed a revolutionary design. The project was observed and controlled through photography. The official photographer was Evelyn George Carey, who was the assistant engineer from 1883-90. His pictures express the labour, tensions and hazards of the project. Together, his photographs create a sequence, following and examining the course of the construction with a critical eye, and offer an understanding of the later, Modernist fascination with such structures.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Evelyn George Carey (1858 - 1932) Scottish
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title:The Forth Bridge. Inchgarvie South Cantilver
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date created:21 September 1889; print by Michael and Barbara Gray 2007
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materials:Inkjet print
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measurements:46.40 x 58.00 cm (framed: 94.50 x 74.30 x 2.80 cm)
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credit line:Commissioned 2007
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accession number:PGP 383.22
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Evelyn George Carey
Evelyn George Carey
Although Evelyn George Carey trained as an engineer, it is for his photographs of the construction of the Forth Rail Bridge that he is perhaps best known. Carey was first employed by engineering firm Messrs, Hathorn, Davey...