Interior of Street House, Wylam where George Stephenson was born
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
431.8 x 520.7 mm
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George Stephenson's Birthplace, Northumberland
NT 418876
Summary
Framed black and white print. Inscribed - INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE AT WYLAM, WHERE GEORGE STEPHENSON WAS BORN. George Stephenson was born in this house on June 9th 1781. At the foot of the bed is shown the Jacobean chair, later converted to a rocking chair, which was George Stephenson's favourite chair and which accompanied him to Tapton House in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, where he spent the last ten years of his life until his death on August 12th 1848.
Marks and inscriptions
INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE AT WYLAM, WHERE GEORGE / STEPHENSON WAS BORN.