General Blanshard, CB Royal Engineers, Inventor of the Pontoon Bridge, died at his residence ‘Grove House’, Hampton, Middlesex, 19th June 1859 in the 70th year of his age
pencil and chalk, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1970-09-1-1
Description
General Blanshard, CB Royal Engineers, Inventor of the Pontoon Bridge, died at his residence ‘Grove House’, Hampton, Middlesex, 19th June 1859 in the 70th year of his age. Pencil and chalk drawing by Robert Ashby, 1858 (c). Shows subject seated in civilian dress with an engineer and a model of the pontoon bridge on which stands a gun carriage. Signed lower left: ‘R Ashby’ Inscribed on label on reverse of frame: ‘General Blanshard, CB Royal Engineers, Inventor of the Pontoon Bridge, died at his residence ‘Grove House’, Hampton, Middlesex, 19th June 1859 in the 70th year of his age’