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.
Details
- Category:
- Pictorial Collection (Railway)
- Object Number:
- 1978-1629
- type:
- painting and watercolour