'Under the Natural Bridge', 1872. Rock arch in Virginia, USA. Natural Bridge is a 215-foot-high (66 metre) natural arch with a span of 90 feet (27 metres), situated within a gorge on Cedar Creek, a tributary of the James River. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]