Locomotive prints, each depicting two trains
S. G. Hughes (1793-1825)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1831
Materials
Paper, glass and wood.
Measurements
240 x 630 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1149514.1
Summary
Print. Two coloured aquatints, 1. 'A train of wagons with goods etc' (Locomotive, Liverpool); 2. 'A train of carriages with cattle (Locomotive, Fury) Lot 355 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831' 4 pictures on 2 plates....'
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Auctioneers catalogue description of similar prints (verso)
Makers and roles
S. G. Hughes (1793-1825), engraver (printmaker) I. Shaw, artist Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834) , engraver and publisher