Locomotive prints, each depicting two trains
I. Shaw
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 1149514.2
Summary
Print, coloured aquatint, valuable series of pictures of early railway trains in existence, ....etc' (ii) 'A train of the First Class' (Locomotive, Jupiter); A train of the 2nd Class for outside passengers' (Locomotive, North Star).
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
'July 6, 1832 Mr Chaz Ripley (?) Painter Oswestry' (back rail in ink)
Makers and roles
I. Shaw, artist Rudolph Ackermann (1764 - 1834) , engraver and publisher S. G. Hughes (1793-1825)