| The print shows the remains of a stone bridge and a wooden bridge made up of a chain of boats. John Evelym's diary of 1644 described the scene - "at Rouen, there stand the ruins of a magnificent bridge of stone, now supplied by one of boats only, to which come up vessels of considerable burden." The stone bridge was built in 1167 by Queen Matilda, daughter of Henry I, and lasted until the middle of the 15th century when the bridge of boats was substituted". |