Watercolour of Dryburgh Bridge discovered on the back of a 150-year-old map
While researching building stones at the British Geological Survey, Luis Albornoz-Parra found a watercolour painting of the Dryburgh Suspension Bridge hidden on the reverse of a Victorian geological map. The artwork is believed to have been created by geologist Benjamin Peach in the 1870s, offering a rare glimpse of the bridge shortly after it first opened.
Source: BBC Scotland
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