Making a Cutting

Made:
1841 in Somerset
artist:
Childs, George

Watercolour, Making a cutting, by George Childs, 1841. Depicts the view looking down a cutting towards a wooden viaduct and an oncoming locomotive in the distance. At left are horses and spoil wagons, where navvies are extending the cutting with picks and shovels to accommodate a new line. The track appears to be broad gauge, and the scene is possibly the Great Western Railway between Bath and Bristol. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1954-172
Materials:
watercolour
Measurements:
overall: 255 x 360 mm
type:
painting and watercolour
credit:
Sabin, F.T.