London & Birmingham Railway 2-2-0 locomotive

Made:
circa 1965
maker:
Henry Maurice Whitcombe

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Painting, oil on board by H M Whitcombe. London and Birmingham Railway 2-2-0 locomotive no 1 built by Edward Bury, 1838. One of a series of 27 paintings of locomotives of the period 1830-1870 by H M Whitcombe. Illustrated in After Rocket: The Forgotten Years 1830-1870 by H M Whitcombe. Framed and glazed (glass).

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1986-9411
Materials:
oil paint and wood
Measurements:
overall; image: 375 mm x 554 mm
overall; frame: 442 mm x 622 mm
type:
painting and oil painting
credit:
Somerset Fry, P.F.I.