Travel in 1835. Leicester and Swannington train hauled by "Samson"
- artist:
- Cuthbert Hamilton
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Painting, oil (on board?) by Cuthbert. Hamilton Ellis. 'Travel in 1835'. Leicester and Swannington train hauled by Samson, the first locomotive in the world to be fitted with a whistle, then known as a steam trumpet. Original painting for British Railways (London Midland Region) carriage print, 1951. Framed and glazed (perspex).