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LicenseColoured engraving of Prior Park
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Coloured engraving of Ralph Allen's Wagon-Way near Bath
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Coloured engraving of Prior Park, the seat of Ralph Allen Esq, and the Wagon-Way near Bath, 1730s. Prior Park had grounds landscaped after consultation with the poet Alexander Pope. Engraved by Ant. Walker. Printed by R Wlikinson, 58 Cornhill, London. An example of the earliest known railway print.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1924-459
- Materials:
- paper, line engraving and hand coloured
- type:
- credit:
- Great Western Railway
