Great A 4-2-0, York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway

Made:
circa 1981
maker:
Henry Maurice Whitcombe

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Painting, oil on board by H M Whitcombe. 'Great A' 4-2-0, York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson and Co, 1845. One of a series of 27 paintings of locomotives of the period 1830-1870 by H.M. Whitcombe, c.1981, Illustrated in After Rocket: The Forgotten Years 1830-1870 by H M Whitcombe. Painting shows a green engine on a white background. Framed and glazed.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1986-9413
Materials:
oil paint and board
Measurements:
overall; frame: 360 mm x 665 mm
overall; image: 428 mm x 734 mm
type:
painting and oil painting
credit:
Somerset Fry, P.F.I.