Taken in Cambridge last winter, I loved the soft early evening light on the brick and water.
Ivan
Showing posts with label Clare College Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clare College Bridge. Show all posts
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Bridge
Taken in Cambridge last winter, I loved the soft early evening light on the brick and water.
Ivan
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Clare Bridge
Another image from last night.
Clare College Bridge (1640)
Info from Wikipedia:
The oldest of Cambridge's current bridges, this bridge in classical style was built in 1639–40 by Thomas Grumbold (d.1659). It survives as the oldest due to all its contemporaries being destroyed by the parliamentarian forces in the Civil War, to make the town of Cambridge more defensible. Many different stories are told to explain the missing section of the globe second from the left on the south side of the bridge. One rumour is that the builder of the bridge received (what he considered to be) insufficient payment, and in his anger, removed a segment of the globe.
I cropped it quite tightly on top, as there were lots of distractions above - is it too tight? What do you think...?
Ivan
Clare College Bridge (1640)
Info from Wikipedia:
The oldest of Cambridge's current bridges, this bridge in classical style was built in 1639–40 by Thomas Grumbold (d.1659). It survives as the oldest due to all its contemporaries being destroyed by the parliamentarian forces in the Civil War, to make the town of Cambridge more defensible. Many different stories are told to explain the missing section of the globe second from the left on the south side of the bridge. One rumour is that the builder of the bridge received (what he considered to be) insufficient payment, and in his anger, removed a segment of the globe.
I cropped it quite tightly on top, as there were lots of distractions above - is it too tight? What do you think...?
Ivan
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