Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Bridge of Sighs

Preferred Title:	Bridge of Sighs
Alternate Title:	Hertford Bridge
Image View:	The east flank, looking west, depicting windows
Creator:	Thomas Graham Jackson (British architect, 1835-1924)
Location:	site: University of Oxford (Oxford, England, United Kingdom)
Date:	completed 1914 (creation)
Cultural Context:	British
Style Period:	Palladian; Renaissance Revival
Work Type 1:	bridge (built work)
Classification:	architecture
Material:	stone
Technique:	carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:	architectural exteriors; transportation; pedestrian bridge; Palladian window; coat of arms; leaded glass; acanthus leaf brackets
Description:	Hertford Bridge in New College Lane, Oxford, England is often referred to as the "Bridge of Sighs" because of its supposed similarity to the famous bridge of the same name in Venice. However, Hertford Bridge was never intended to be a replica of the Venetian bridge, and indeed it bears a closer resemblance to the Rialto Bridge in the same city. The bridge links together the Old and New Quadrangles of Hertford College. The bridge, and much of its current architecture, was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson. It was completed in 1914. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:	Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:	1A2-E-O-BS-A5
Rights:	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.