14 Lithographed views of the London & Birmingham Railway

Made:
1839 in London
artist:
John Cooke Bourne

14 Lithographed views of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction, 1837: Euston Square Depot; Hampstead Road Bridge; Bridge over Regents Canal; Camden Town Depot; Watford Embankment & Colne Valley; Colne Viaduct near Watford; Nash Mill Bridge; Berkhamstead Cutting and train; Tring Cutting; Making the embankment, Wolverton Valley; Wolverton Viaduct; Blisworth Cutting; Avon Viaduct, Woolston; Sherborne Viaduct near Coventry.

Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Entrance portico – Euston Grove Station’. The print shows Euston Arch, Euston Station, London with horse and carriages and people walking towards portico. Published as plate II ‘Euston Square Depot. South front of the Propyleum or Entrance Gateway, with two pavilions or lodges, on each side, for offices. Sketched 1838’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Entrance portico – Euston Grove Station

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Hampstead Road Bridge. Sept 5th 1836’. The print shows a bridge with scaffolding and with rubble/earth piled up to left. Workers visible under bridge. Published as plate V ‘South side of the bridge under the Hampstead Road, with part of the retaining wall – in progress. Shewing the nature of the cutting, and the formation of the bridge, September 1836.’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Hampstead Road Bridge. Sept 5th 1836

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Railway Bridge over the Regent’s Canal’. Shows railway bridge with river in foreground. Boats in front of and under the bridge, three with sails. Workers to both banks of the river. Published as plate VII ‘East side of the iron suspension bridge over the Regent’s Canal, during the time of its construction. May 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Railway Bridge over the Regent’s Canal

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Eccentric for shifting rail – Locomotive-Engine-House – Chimneys of Stationary Engine-House’. Shows the Camden Town Depot. Published as plate IX ‘Camden Town Depot. Locomotive engine house, chimneys of stationary engine house, with rails, eccentrics, &c. – Looking towards London. 1838’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Eccentric for shifting rail – Locomotive-Engine-House – Chimneys of Stationary Engine-House [Camden Town Depot]

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Watford Embankment. Nov 6th 1837’. Shows fields, trees, sheep and a river to the foreground with the railway line visible from the centre of the image out to the right edge. Showing a locomotive, carriages and people. Railway viaduct also visible. Buildings, rooftops and a chimney to the centre left of the image behind a group of trees. Published as plate XII ‘View of the Watford Embankment, looking N.W.: Shewing the valley, with the River Colne, and part of the town of Watford. November 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Watford Embankment. Nov 6th 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Colne Viaduct near Watford. Sept 1837’. Image shows viaduct with the river in the foreground, river banks and trees to either side. Sheep on the left bank, horses and cattle on the right bank. Published as plate XIII ‘South-west view side of the viaduct over the River Colne, Near Watford. September 1837, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Colne Viaduct near Watford. Sept 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Nash Mill Bridge Near King’s Langsly, Herts’. The print shows an iron bridge in middle ground over a river and rocks, with foliage and two figures in the foreground. There are young children playing by river bank and a boat on water in the distance. Also shows grazing horses and trees. Published as plate XV ‘East Side of Nash Mill Iron Bridge, Near King’s Langley, over the Grand Junction canal, 1838’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Nash Mill Bridge Near King’s Langsly, Herts

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Berkhampstead – Herts. June 10th 1837’. Image shows a railway cutting in the countryside with a bridge under construction. The bridge has scaffolding and there are workers. A locomotive with wagons has just passed under the bridge. There is a line of trees behind the cutting and some buildings and a church to the left of the cutting. There are hills behind the church. Published as plate XVIII ‘View of a cutting and bridge near Berkhampstead, looking N.W.: Shewing part of the town. June 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Berkhampstead – Herts. June 10th 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Tring Cutting June 17th 1837’. Foreground shows top of deep cut area with strewn log and pulleys and horse. Frenetic activity in bottom of deep cut; workmen pushing loads of dirt and shovelling. Pulleys visible at top of other side of deep cut and ramps going down into deep cut which extends right into the distance. Trees in background on the horizon. Published as plate XIX ‘View of the Deep Cutting Near Tring with Horse-Runs, &c. June 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Tring Cutting June 17th 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Making the embankment – Woolverton Valley. June 28th 1837’ [sic]. The image shows an embankment under construction. To the right of the image the embankment has been built and a locomotive travels along the tracks towards a bridge. In the centre of the image workers form the embankment. There is a house to the right and a lake or river to the foreground with reeds/rushes at the water edge. Published as plate XXIII ‘View of the embankment near Wolverton, during its progress: Shewing the manner of forming embankments, and an accidental slip of earth. June 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Making the embankment – Woolverton Valley. June 28th 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. 'Woolverton Viaduct. August 1837’ [sic]. Foreground is grassy with rushes just beyond this suggesting the edge of the river. Trees to the right side of the image and mound of rocks in the shade of the trees. Viaduct in the middle ground is in construction with scaffolding under three of the six main arches. Workers just visible at right side of viaduct on the ground and on the top of the structure. Trees to the left of the viaduct with a hill in the background, trees and hills visible and possible farm building visible in the distances through the viaduct arches. More workmen atop the left side of the viaduct. Published as plate XXIV ‘West Side of the Viaduct Over the River Ouse, Near Wolverton. August 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Woolverton Viaduct. August 1837

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Blisworth Cutting’. Image shows the cutting with rocks on either side and a locomotive running through it. A man stands behind the locomotive with a white flag. There are two lines of tracks and a bridge over the cutting. Published as plate XXV ‘View in the deep cutting near Blisworth, looking south, with a train passing. October 1838’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Blisworth Cutting

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Avon Viaduct, Wolston, Warwickshire’. River with lily pads in foreground and rushes in middle ground lining the edge of the river. River runs right across to right edge of print and from here back into central area of print and beyond, through the viaduct and into the distance, rushed line both edges of the river along here. Clumps of trees just in front of the viaduct to the extreme left and right. Sheep dotted around the grass to the right in front of the viaduct. People and cattle visible underneath the fourth arch from the left. A tree shading a small hut sits between the sixth and seventh archway from the left. A train is visible travelling across the viaduct. Published as plate XXXIV ‘West Side of Viaduct over the River Avon, Near Wolston’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print.

Avon Viaduct, Wolston, Warwickshire

1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Sherbourne Viaduct near Coventry’ [text on lower edge of print]. Image shows a river in the foreground lined with trees and reeds/rushes. Beyond this to the centre of the image is a large house and then the railway line with viaduct and embankment. A locomotive passes along the viaduct with carriages and wagons. There is a church in the background and two stagecoaches passing under a railway bridge. There are sheep in the field in the centre of the print. Published as plate XXXV ‘View near Coventry. June 1839’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769).

Sherbourne Viaduct near Coventry

1839

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1900-3
Materials:
paper and lithograph
type:
print and lithograph
credit:
Clement., E & Clement Stretton

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