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Winter Walks

1948

Carriage print. Arresting the leaders of the Jacobite Rebellion. Text: " In 1715, a Jacobite Army marched into England. They were defeated at Preston by a force under the Duke of Marlborough. The scene depicts the apprehension of the ringleaders." By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

In 1715 a Jacobite Army Marched into England

1955

Carriage print. The Capture of Henry VI by Richard, Duke of York. Text: "The capture of Henry VI, A.D. 1460, at Northampton by Richard, Duke of York. Henry founded Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He was secretly put to death in A.D. 1471 by Edward IV." By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

The Capture of Henry VI

1955

Carriage print. Boswell and Johnson visiting Lichfield. Text; "The famous Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield in 1709. Here he is seen revisiting that city in later years with James Boswell, who wrote the great life of Johnson." By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

The Famous Samuel Johnson was Born in Lichfield in 1709

1955

Carriage print. Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison in 1813. Text: "Elizabeth Fry at Newgate Pprison in 1813. She was moved so much by the sad scenes of horror that she saw there that she devoted the rest of her life to the improvement of conditions in our prisons" By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

Elizabeth Fry at Newgate Prison in 1813

1955

Carriage print. Henry VIII, Cranmer and Catherine of Aragon. Text 'King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon in 1509. In defiance of the Pope, in 1533 at Dunstable Abbey he had Cranmer annul the marriage. Henry married Anne Boleyn that year.' by Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

King Henry VIII Married Catherine of Aragon in 1509

1955

Carriage print. Richard II meeting the Peasants. Text: "The Peasants Revolt, in 1381 against the Poll Tax, when led by Wat Tyler, they marched on London from Kent. They met Richard II at Smithfield, where Tyler was killed in the fight." By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

The Peasants Revolt in 1381 Against the Poll Tax

1955

Carriage print, British Rail, Sir Walter Scott married in Carlisle Cathedral in 1797, wedding in stone cathedral, by artist Edward Mortelmans.

Sir Walter Scott

1955

BR Carriage Print - the Capture of Henry VI by Edward IV. Medieval Soldiers. Henry VI with crown about to be taken, by artist Edward Fortelmans

The Capture of Henry VI by Edward IV

1954

Carriage print. The marriage of Sir Walter Scott. Text: "Sir Walter Scott, the great Scottish novelist and poet, was married in Carlisle Cathedral in 1797. He was lame from youth but yet lived a full and active life." By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

Sir Walter Scott the Great Scottish Novelist and Poet

1955

Carriage print. Florence Nightingale in the grounds of Lea Hurst. Text;" In 1854, Florence Nightingale, shown here at her home in Lea Hurst in Derbyshire, sailed to the Crimea to tend the wounded. There she became known as 'The Lady of the Lamp'" By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

In 1854 Florence Nightingale

1955

Carriage print. Sir Richard Arkwright and workers setting up a spinning machine. Text:" The Inventor of the machinery that made possible the cotton industry of this country, Sir Richard Arkwright, was born in 1732. He set up his first spinning machine at Nottingham." By Edward Mortlemans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

The Inventor of the Machinery That Made Possible the Cotton Industry of this Country Sir Richard Arkwright

1955

Carriage print, King Edgar being rowed on the Dee at Chester. Text: "Edgar, King of the English, was crowned at Bath in AD 973. The same year, three kings and five princes rowed him on the Dee at Chester in homage to his supremacy." 1955, by Edward Mortelmans, British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

Edgar, King of the English

1955

Carriage print. The Scene in Temple Gardens. London. Text; "The scene in the Temple Gardens, London, which led to the Wars of the Roses. Richard of York chose a white rose, the Earl of Somerset a red rose, as emblems of their rivalry" By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

The Scene in the Temple Gardens, London, Which Led to the Wars of the Roses

1955

Carriage print. In 1879 Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli bought the Shares of the Khedive in the Suez Canal. By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

In 1879 Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Bought the Shares of the Khedive in the Suez Canal

1955