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Going North, King's Cross Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1893

Spirit of the Southern

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1969, about

Service by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

The Terminus (Penzance Station)

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1925

Watercolour design sketch, June 1948

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

weymouth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

Watercolour design sketch, June 1948

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

London and South Western Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Painting, oil on panel, First Class: The Meeting... and at First Meeting Loved, by Abraham Solomon, 1855. Depicts passengers in a first class railway carriage. A young man in naval uniform leans forward to talk to an elderly gentleman and a young woman, who listen attentively. The gentleman, balding with grey side whiskers, holds a newspaper in his left hand, and is wearing a glove on his right. The woman is wearing a bonnet and hooded shawl, and is sewing. On the seats are blankets, gloves, a parasol and a bunch of red roses. Through the carriage window is a valley with hills and trees. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed. Also known as The Return (First Class).

First Class: The Meeting... and at First Meeting Loved

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1855

The Progress of Steam

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Perspective view of the London Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Painting, oil on canvas, 'Perth Station, Coming South' by George Earl, 1895. Depicts a busy platform with passengers preparing to board a train for London at the close of the shooting season. The scene is set in about 1885, before the station was enlarged. There are crowds of passengers with hunting dogs, including pointers and setters, and among the luggage are grouse, blackcock and stags' antlers. Station porters carry luggage, a boy sells The Scotsman newspaper and passengers bid farewell to their friends and families. There are signs for the Highland and Caledonian Railways, waiting rooms and notices forbidding smoking. Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed.

Perth Station, Coming South

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1895

j c bourne book

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1846

Newark, Nottinghamshire

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1945-1955
Painting, oil on canvas, Letchworth Station, Hertfordshire by Spencer Frederick Gore, 1912. Painting in the Post-Impressionist style depicting Letchworth station, Hertfordshire, with passengers waiting on the platforms. There are station buildings and waiting rooms with red tiled roofs, and a house with a red roof in the distance. There are fields beyond the station. Framed and glazed in acrylic.

Letchworth Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1912

Portrait of Colonel Stobart of Etherley

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Coloured engraving 'Changing Gauge at Gloucester', engraved by W J Linton

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1841-1851

Railway Architecture - The Entrance to Euston Station, London

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1951

The Cinque Port of Sandwich, Kent

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1952

Paddington (Old Station)

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838
Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), by John Callcott Horsley, 1848. Depicts Brunel full length, standing, dressed in grey trousers, a frock coat, white shirt and black cravat. His left hand rests on a set of plans, on a table covered with a red cloth. Brunel was married to the artist's sister, Mary Elizabeth Horsely.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1848

London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 Locomotive No 4472 "Flying Scotsman"

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1924

Standard Goods Locomotive 'John Buddle'

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1846

Railway Architecture - South Portals of Primrose Hill Tunnels, London

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1951

The Car Sleeper

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1963
Painting, oil on canvas, Ready for the Road, Camden shed, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1928. Depicts the London, Midland & Scottish Railway's motive power depot in Camden, north London. At left are two Royal Scot class locomotives. Number 6109 'Royal Engineer' is in steam, with smoke blasting from its chimney, and one of the footplate crew is climbing into the cab amidst a cloud of steam. Another, older engine stands on track near the shed in the background, while a further Royal Scot class locomotive is beneath a water tower at right, with its tender facing the viewer. Two footplate crewmen stand talking in front of number 6109, and another walks near the edge of a turntable, the outline of which is visible at the bottom right of the picture. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Framed and glazed. Original artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster.

Ready for the Road, Camden Shed

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c1928
Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), Mechanical and Civil Engineer, 1850s, painting shows the Britannia Bridge in the background. Unknown artist, after or by John Lucas . Framed and glazed.

Oil painting depicting Robert Stephenson

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c.1850s

Euston Arch

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838-1851
Painting, oil on canvas, Victoria Bridge over the River Wear by John Wilson Carmichael, 1838. Depicts the Victoria Viaduct on the Durham Junction Railway, seen from the banks of the River Wear. In the foreground men and women work and talk at the riverside, while a train crosses the viaduct, leaving a trail of white smoke. Caption on the frame reads "Victoria Bridge over the River Wear. Built by John Gibb & Son of Aberdeen for the Durham Junction Railway and completed on 28th June 1838, the day of Queen Victoria's coronation, by John Wilson Carmichael". Framed and glazed, glass.

Victoria Bridge over the River Wear

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838
Painting, oil on canvas, The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line, by J W Carmichael, 1848. Depicts the brick railway viaduct curving across the valley of the River Wellesbourne. A train hauled by a steam locomotive is crossing the viaduct, leaving a plume of white smoke. In the foreground are cut down trees, and two women talking beside a stone wall. There is a drover with cattle on the road in the valley beneath the viaduct, and on the hills at either side and in the distance there are three windmills. The town of Brighton is visible in the distance, between the arches of the bridge. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed.

The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1848

Camden Town station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1848

Great Northern, North Eastern and North British Railways

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1907

Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1950

River Spey, near Craigellachie, Banffshire

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1956

Portrait of Timothy Hackworth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Taff Vale Railway 0-6-0T Locomotive "Venus"

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1866

The accident to the Irish Mail Train

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1868

Bristol

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1936

Engraving of 'Portrait of William MacKenzie, Railway Contractor', by Thomas Henry Illidge, c 1846

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1841-1851

York, Exhibition Square

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1960

London Brighton & South Coast Railway 2-2-2 Locomotive 'Jenny Lind'

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Colne Valley Viaduct, Chappel, Essex

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1945-1955

St Pancras Cleaning Yard. Woman cleaning locomotive.

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

View from Euston Road

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Bishop's Stortford, Herfordshire

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1948-1955
Miniature, Richard Trevithick as a boy, copy of a contemporary miniature on ivory.

Richard Trevithick

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Refreshments - Luncheon and Tea Baskets

Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Painting, oil on canvas, 'Through the Marshes', by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1927. Depicts railway workers (permanent way) and a train crossing the Marazion Marshes near Penzance on the Great Western Railway main line. Framed and glazed, glass.

Through the Marshes

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1927

Euston Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Laxfield, near Halesworth

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1948-1955