Book, "Views of the Manchester & Leeds Railway", by A F Tait, 1845, published Bradshaw & Blacklock, 34 pages, 12 plates, cloth binding (embossed), Views of the Manchester and Leeds Railway
Photographic print if title page of "Views on the London and North Western Railway" (Northern Division) by A F Tait. View of horse-drawn wagons crossing bridge with text above and below. This series of lithographs was originally published by Bradshaw and Blacklock, Fleet Street, London, and Brown Street, Manchester, in 1848. Original title page formerly held at Museum of British Transport, Clapham, (ref 439/1/51), but now lost. Negative also held (ref 511/1/65) but now lost. Print stuck to guard book page. views on the LNWR
Lithograph, Olive Mount Cutting, London and North Western Railway, drawn and lithographed by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, 1848. Depicts the widening of the cutting, with teams of navvies removing slabs of rock with pickaxes and loading them onto the wagons of a waiting train. In the distance is the steam locomotive. A signalman in a tall hat stands at the other side of the track with a flag in his hand. Next to him is a set of steps cut into the rock, with pipes coming down from above. Text beneath reads "Olive Mount Cutting, L. & N. W. Railway". Olive Mount Cutting, L & N W Railway
Coloured lithograph. Manchester and Leeds Railway. Rastrick Terrace and Viaduct, 1845. Drawn and lithgraphed by A F Tait. Printed by Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. Rastrick Terrace and Viaduct
Lithograph. Manchester and Leeds Railway.Littleborough and Rochdale. Drawn and lithographed by A F Tait. Printed by Day and Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen. Littleborough and Rochdale
Lithograph. Manchester & Leeds Railway. Brighouse Station. Drawn, lithographed and signed by A F Tait. 1844. Lithograph, Manchester & Leeds Railway
Lithograph, London & North Western Railway, 'Stafford from the Castle'. Drawn and lithographed by A F Tait, printed and published by Bradshaw & Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1848. Lithograph 'Stafford from the Castle', by A F Tait, 1848
Lithograph, London & North Western Railway, 'London Road Station, Manchester'. Drawn and lithographed by A F Tait, printed and published by Bradshaw & Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1848. Lithograph 'London Road Station Manchester', by A F Tait, 1848