Aquatinted illustration - Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- Made:
- 1831
- maker:
- Shaw, Isaac (junior)
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Aquatinted illustration of the locomotive 'Jupiter' pulling
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Aquatinted illustration of the locomotive 'Jupiter' pulling carriages, entitled 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway'.
It was not only people that trains carried. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the first to transport the mail. The train transported letters much faster. Behind the passengers with their piled-up luggage is a mailcoach.
Details
- Measurements:
-
whole250.00mm (height)620.00mm (width)
- Identifier:
- YMS0608
- Access:
- Open access.
- rights:
- Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.