Past and Present
- Made:
- circa 1859
- maker:
- Henry Alken
Painting, watercolour, Past and Present, believed to be by Henry Alken, about 1859. Depicts William Chaplin's London to Manchester stagecoach Defiance, derelict in a farmyard and surrounded by farm animals. The carriage is covered in hay, and a chicken sits in the empty windowframe. In the background two passenger trains pass in opposite directions next to a station.
