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Lithograph."On the Norwich and Worcester Rail Road"

Art

1840

Coloured lithograph."On the Norwich and Worcester Rail Road" (1840). Mounted. Picture: 9" x6". Overall: 14"x11 1/4" (R379)

The Balloon Over Calais

Edward William Cocks

1840

Painting. [Balloon arriving at Calais] / by EW Cocks (fl.1825-1840), 1840. Oil on canvas; [sight] 28.8x37.2cm in gilt frame 53.5x61.5x9.5cm. Signed bl. Charles Green's flight from London to Nassau, balloon crossing of the English Channel, 8 November 1836, shows balloon above Calais harbour, a seascape with paddlesteamer (anachronism) and fishing boats, with French soldiers (tricolour flag stripes incorrectly ordered).

The Railway Station, Chester

H G Collins

1840

Print. engraving (co.) "The Railway Station, Chester" / by A. Ashley after J.F. Burrell. Publisher: H.G. Collins, Paternoster Row, London, c.1840 (for the British Gazetteer). Image size: c 11.8cm x 20.5cm (vignette) (R399p)

Lithograph, "Defford Bridge"

Art

1839

Lithograph in black, stone and white. "Defford Bridge" by E.T. Dolby (1839). (Over river Avon, Worcestershire) published by Clerk & Co, 202 High Holborn. Image size 23x41.5cm. Overall 35x51cm.

Portrait of Luke Howard or Joseph Jewell

J. W. H. Handley

1840

Painting once said to be of [Luke Howard] (1772-1864), meteorologist, chemist from comparison with other likenesses, since also attributed to likeness of Joseph Jewell (fl. 1870). [oil on paper] Pencil, oil and colour wash, heightened with white, on buff paper folded over wood panel; 16 x 13 cm. Signed and inscribed top left in red: Joseph Jewell. Aet 70. Reverse margin inscribed in ink in 19th century hand: From the original painted by J S H (J W H?) Handley RA (fl1827-1846) pub. J J Penstone. [1840-1860]. (Handley exhibited several anonymous sitters' portraits.) Featuring a man HS facing front, wearing Quaker hat. Acquired with assorted papers relating to Luke Howard, attribution as his portrait made by auction house catalogue (1977-895/2, SM Library MS2005).

Victoria Bridge

Art

1838

Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after J.W. Carmichael. "Victoria Bridge". 1838. Mounted. Picture: 15"x9 1/2". Overall: 22 3/4"x16 3/4" (R383)

Grand Junction Railway. Lithograph by W. Bissell "

Art

1837

Grand Junction Railway. Lithograph by W. Bissell "Newton Road Station" West Bromwich ( 1837). Mounted. Printe 9"x6 1/4". Overall 15 1/2"x13"

Engraving of The Birmingham Railway

Art

1837

Coloured engraving "The Birmingham Railway - The East end of the Tunnel from Primrose Hill taken October 1837".

Design for a Spider Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Spider Phaeton carriage / Barker & Co., London, 1840

Design for a George IV Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash [design for a] George IV Phaeton carriage / [Barker & Co., London], [ca1840] 10.5 x 20.2 cm.

Design for a Driving Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Driving Phaeton carriage for Vis. B Bouverscotch / Barker & Co.,London, 28 June 1858, 15 x 27 cm.

Rail-road scene, Little Falls

Art

1839

print, engraving, 'Rail-road scene, Little Falls', (Valley of the Mohawk), drawn by W.H. Bartlett, engraved by R.Sands, published by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, London, 1839

Railway Gallery under the canal near Holsden Green Middlesex. Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway

Art

1837

print. engraving, steel. "Railway Gallery under the canal near Holsden Green Middlesex. Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway". Pubd. 1837. Overall size 10"x13 3/4" [West London Railway]

Muzio Muzzi

Art

1838

Print, plain. Portrait. Muzio Muzzi. Inventore dell' Aeronave Retteremiga, Bologna, 1838. C. Bettini, Fecit. 10 1/4x15 1/4 in.

Design for a Dress/Post Chariot carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour and carriage oils on board, (orange, black), [design for a] Dress/Post Chariot carriage (with flaps revealing an alternate design with hammer cloth or with rumble seat) / [Barker & Co., London], [ca1840], scale 3/4":1 (1:16) 22.8 x 35.6 cm.

Broadsheet: Grand Polish fete and ascent of Mr. Green the aeronaut from Cremorne

Art

1840

Broadsheet: Grand Polish fete and ascent of Mr. Green the aeronaut from Cremorne, 17th August 1840

Engraving, col: Lithographes. Cortege Industriel de Strasbourg

Art

1840

Engraving, col: Lithographes. Cortege Industriel de Strasbourg, 1840. Shews guild procession of lithographers

print, coloured: Railway Bridge

Art

1837

print, coloured: Railway Bridge, Rugby / J C Bourne, 1837, Plate XXXIII, London & Birmingham Railway

Lithograph: `The Great Western General Booking Office' H.B. Sketches no.499

Art

1837

Lithograph: `The Great Western General Booking Office' H.B. Sketches no.499, Published by T. McLean. Lithographed by A. Ducotes 1837. 12"x12"

Engraving and Letterpress. Launch of the Orion Steamer

Art

1840

Engraving and Letterpress. Launch of the Orion Steamer, built by Read and Page, the first iron steamer constructed in the Port of Ipswich, 1840

Lithograph. Portrait of P. Barker Webb. By Roger & Cie

Art

1839

Lithograph. Portrait of P. Barker Webb. By Roger & Cie, Paris, after E. Lassalle, 1839. 23 x 29cm

View of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway

Art

1836

View of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway (1836): Malahide Castle.

Print, 'Tar-making in Bothnia'

Art

1836

print. `Tar-making in Bothnia'. London, The Penny Magazine 1836. Wood engraving with accompanying text. 27x18cm

Lithograph. Portrait, Edward Spencer, aeronaut

Art

1839

Lithograph. Portrait. [Edward Spencer, aeronaut, with view of Cocking's parachute background]. [ n.d.] 1839

Park Street, Camden Town

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1836

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Park Street, Camden Town. Sept.17th, 1836. Dimensions 243mm x 429mm

Blisworth Cutting from above

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838

Wash drawing, Blisworth Cutting from above, Sept. 1838, by John Cooke Bourne. Depicts the view looking north along the cutting towards a viaduct in the distance, during the construction of the London and Birmingham Railway. A hand operated rail crane sits on a temporary railway running across the top of the cutting.

Park Village

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1836

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Park Village, Aug. 26th, 1836. Dimensions 256mm x 428mm

Design for a Dormeuse Chariot carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour and carriage oils on board, (brown, black, vermilion) [design for a] Dormeuse Chariot carriage /F.W[ickstead], [Barker & Co., London], [ca1840], scale 3/4":1' (1:16) 23.3 x 34.8 cm.

Engraving of Graving dock

Art

1840-160

Engraving: Graving dock, no.1, east side of river Usk, Newport, Mon.

Victoria Bridge over the River Wear

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838

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.

a view of euston railway station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1837

Print, 'A view of Euston Railway Station', 1837, showing carriages of that date with passengers and passengers on the platform. Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Dimensions: 150x180 mm

Plate 1: The station at Euston Square.

Thomas Talbot Bury

1837

Plate 1: The station at Euston Square.

The Nassau Balloon as it ascended from Norwich#

Art

1840

Print, coloured. The Nassau Balloon as it ascended from Norwich on Thursday, 24th September, 1840. [Green] W.E. Earl, Norwich. 9x12 in.

Design for a Pony Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour and carriage oils on board (blue, red) [design for a] Pony Phaeton carriage / Barker & Co., Chandos Street, [London], [ca1840], 14 x 24.8 cm.

Weedon viaduct

John Cooke Bourne

1839

print. lithograph (buff and black). 'Weedon viaduct' / by John Cooke Bourne, 1839, Plate XXVII from "Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway" published London: JC Bourne,... Ackermann & Co,... C Tilt. (on sheet with Plate XXVI) sheet 38x55cm

William Harris & Co

.Unattributed

1836

Trade card: William Harris & Co., 50 High Holborn, corner of Brownlow Street, London. 23rd May 1836. Manufactureres of Optical, Mathematical & Philosophical Instruments. In poor condition. (Calv. 177) (C.C. 37)

Entrance to Birmingham Station

John Cooke Bourne

1839

print, lithograph (buff and black). 'Entrance to Birmingham Station' / by John Cooke Bourne, 1839, Plate XXXVII from "Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway" published London: JC Bourne,... Ackermann & Co,... C Tilt. on sheet 38x55cm

A M Ampere

J Bouilly

c. 1840

Lithograph. Portrait of A.M. Ampere by J. Bouilly. French c.1840. 25 x 34cm

London and Birmingham Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1839

Lithograph. London and Birmingham Railway. Entrance to Locomotive Engine House, Camden Town. Drawn and lithographed by J C Bourne. c 1839.

Design for a Spider Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Spider Phaeton carriage / Barker & Co., London, [ca1840], 15.2 x 28 cm.

Paisley and Renfrew Railway

Art

1837

Paisley and Renfrew Railway. Opening of the railway, 1837

Lithograph, "New Edgehill Station"

Art

1836

print. lithograph. 'New Edgehill Station' / Ackermann, 1836 (Probably part of the 3 views) Cut and unmounted. Size 8"x5" (R339)

View from Spa Road

Art

1836-1840

Coloured lithograph. 'View from Spa Road' [Greenwich Railway] by and after G.F. Bragg.

Etching: Operating lantern slide equipment

Art

1836

Etching: Sketch by Seymour: Operating lantern slide equipment ( "Galanty show!"), 1836

Lithograph, "The Lickey Inclined Plane, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway"

Art

1840

Lithograph in black, stone and white. "The Lickey Inclined Plane, Birmingham and Gloucester Railway" by E.T. Dolby 1840 (shows a Norris Loco), published by Clerk & Co, 202 High Holborn. Picture size 16 1/4"x9 1/2". Overall 21 3/4"x16 1/2"

Coloured aquatint. Opening of the Shoreham Branch of the London

Art

1840

Coloured aquatint. Opening of the Shoreham Branch of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. drawn by Chas. Hunt. Published by W H Mason... 81 Kings Road, Brighton, Nov 20 1840, 175x255mm

Lithograph, col., [George] Spills' & Co.s Waterproofing Works. In countryside setting with canalside

Art

1840

Lithograph, col., [George] Spills' & Co.s Waterproofing Works. In countryside setting with canalside, sailing barges at staithe, outbuildings, wagons, tall chimney etc. n.d. [1840-?]. on card arched at top, 20.5 arching to 24.5 x 51cm.

View of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway

Art

1836

View of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway (1836): Malahide.

Steel Engraving, Lockport: Erie Canal by W. Tomble

Art

1840

Steel Engraving. Lockport: Erie Canal by W. Tombleson 1840

Lithograph: Agricultural Society's Show Yard. First Meeting at Oxford

Art

1839

Lithograph: Agricultural Society's Show Yard. First Meeting at Oxford, July 17 1839. [ 1839].Gathering of farming worthies at this historic event, shown with token cattle and a selection of `new' implements