Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison]

Made:: 1850

artist:: Henry William Pickersgill

Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison] (painting; oil painting; portrait)

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Oil painting, portrait of Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison], fourth baronet (1787–1874), Chairman of the Great Northern Railway, nicknamed "Father of the Great Northern Railway" by Henry William Pickersgill, 1850.

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Category:: Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Object Number:: 2002-7152

Materials:: oil paint and canvas

type:: painting, oil painting and portrait

credit:: British Rail, Clapham

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Sir Edmund Beckett [known as Edmund Denison]

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