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Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after J.W. Carmi

Art

1838

Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after J.W. Carmichael. "The Ouse Burn Viaduct" (1838). Mounted. Picture: 14 1/2"x9 3/4". Overall: 20 1/2"x17 1/4" (R384)

Railway Station Liverpool

Art

1836

Line engraving by w. Lizary. "Railway Station Liverpool". Pubd. by George Phillip, South Castle St., 1836. Mounted. (Heading for sheet of note paper). Print size 6"x3 1/2". Overall 9"x10"

Design for a Driving Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, [design for a] Driving Phaeton carriage / [Barker & Co.,London], [ca1840] 15.3 x 27 cm.

Design for a Demi Mail/Stanhope Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Pen and ink, watercolour wash on board, blind stamped Bristol paper, Heath & Co. [design for a] Demi Mail/Stanhope Phaeton carriage / JAG (monogram) [Barker & Co., London], scale 1/2": 1 (1:24), [ca1840] 14.5 x 23 cm.

Coloured lithograph. Opening of the Shoreham Branc

Art

1840

Coloured lithograph. Opening of the Shoreham Branch of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. drawn by H G Hine 220x310mm (trimmed). Henry George Hine, 1811-1895.

Trade card: West, Fleet Street, London, 9 Nov 1837

Art

1837

Trade card: West, Fleet Street, London, 9 Nov 1837 (Calv. 436)

Receipt with letter heading. John Hay, Aberdeen. c

Art

1838

Receipt with letter heading. John Hay, Aberdeen. carver, gilder & printseller, optical & mathematical instrument [seller], 1838

Volo del Bolognese Muzio nell Aeronave Rettiremiga, Bologna

Art

1838

Print, coloured. Volo del Bolognese Muzio nell Aeronave Rettiremiga, Bologna 1838. (A hot-air balloon heated with a Davy lamp). 25 1/2x18 1/2 in.

Volo Dell'Aerconaute Francesco Orlandi

Art

1839

Print, plain. Volo Dell Aerconaute Francesco Orlandi eseguito nei pubblia Giardini di Bologna l'anno, 1839. An Aero-Montgolfiere, il, a gas-balloon above, with an inverted conical hot-air balloon below. 26 1/2x19 in.

View from Surrey Canal

Art

1836-1840

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

Watercolour: The coal-mine wharf near the Moira Ba

Art

1837

Watercolour: The coal-mine wharf near the Moira Baths, Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire. Miss Elisabeth Watson, Delt. 1837. View of pithead with winding gear, working furnace. 24.5x34cm.

Lithograph, "Central Railway Station Chester"

Art

1840

Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after C. Pickering "Central Railway Station Chester" ( 1840). Mounted. Picture size 11 1/4"x6 7/8". Overall 17"x13"

Lithograph (col.) "London Bridge Railway Terminus.

Robert Charles Dudley

1837

Lithograph (col.) "London Bridge Railway Terminus. General view from the approaches to the terminus". Artist/lith.: R. Dudley. Printer: V. Brooks, c. 1837. Image size: 20.2cm x 26.1cm

Watercolour - "View of the glass works of T.W. Dyo

Art

1836

Watercolour - "View of the glass works of T.W. Dyott at Kensington on the Delaware nr. Philadelphia, Stephen Simpson, 1836

Design for a neo-classical lamp standard or street

Art

1838

Design for a neo-classical lamp standard or street lamp. 1838. Ink and watercolour. 225x102mm (overall)

Laying the Foundation stone of Clifton Suspension

Art

1836

Laying the Foundation stone of Clifton Suspension bridge. Coloured Lithograph. Drawn by Miss Gun Cunningham, Lithographed by W. Walton. 1836. 18x25cm.

Lithograph, coloured; Dover from the Union Bridge.

Art

1837

Lithograph, coloured; Dover from the Union Bridge. Drawn and Lithographed by Edmund Rolfe, c.1837. 17x23cm.

Lithograph. Lecons et conseils. Gavarni 1839 [micr

Art

1839

Lithograph. Lecons et conseils. Gavarni 1839 [microscopy]

print of microscope marked 'Dollond'

Art

1840

print of microscope marked 'Dollond' removed from mahogany case for compound and simple microscope made by Andrew Ross, about 1840

Hampstead Road Bridge

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1836

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of view on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Terminus London. Hampstead Road Bridge. Oct.5th, 1836. Dimensions 253mm x 423mm

Hampstead Road Bridge

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1836

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Hampstead Road Bridge. Sept.1836. Dimensions 258mm x 430mm

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.18th, 1836.

Mornington Crescent. Line under construction

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1836

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Mornington Crescent. Line under construction Sept.10th, 1836. Dimensions 255mm x 430mm

Blasting Rocks, Linslade

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1838

Wash drawing by John Cooke Bourne, from a collection of views on The Construction of The London & Birmingham Railway. Blasting rocks, Linslade. Oct. 1938. Dimensions 238mm x 343mm

Lithograph (tinted) "Crewe Station" (on L. and N.W

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait

1837

Lithograph (tinted) "Crewe Station" (on L. and N.W. Rly.). Artist: A.F. Tait, printer/ publisher: Bradshaw and Blacklock, Fleet St., London, 1837. Image size: 25.8cm x 38.5cm

Walton Common

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1837

Watercolour, London & Southampton Railway, 'Walton Common', / John Absolon, looking east, No. 3 in a series of watercolours showing the construction of the London & Southampton Railway.

Trinity Road Bridge, Wandsworth Common

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1837

Watercolour, London & Southampton Railway, 'Trinity Road Bridge, Wandsworth Common', / John Absolon, No. 2 in a series of watercolours showing the construction of the London & Southampton Railway.

Looking West near Whit Street

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1837

Watercolour, by J. Absolon, 1837, London & Southampton Railway, looking west near Whit Street between Woking and Brookwood.

Balloon [Great Nassau]

Art

1836

Print, coloured. A representation of Green's balloon "Nassau" over London. 5 3/4x7 in.

Vue Prise dans les Mines de Wieliczka

Ackermann and Company

1840

Print. Vue Prise Dans les Mines de Wieliczka. 20 Mars 1840 (Pologne). / Dessine par Lauvergne. ; Lith par Sabatier. ; Im. Lemercier a Paris. - Paris, Arthus Bertrand editeur; Londres, Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand. - 1840. Lithograph, tinted; image 28.5x42.4cm on India 34.8x47cm on sheet 43x61.5cm. - Plate headed: Voyages en Scandinavie en Laponie etc; Atlas Pittoresque. - Numbered blc: 151. - Depicts a huge underground cavern in the mine complex, with stairwells for tourists, the site lit overhead by a chandelier

Lithograph 'Primrose Hill Tunnel', by J C Bourne, 1839

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1839

Lithograph. London and Birmingham Railway. 'Primrose Hill Tunnel'. Drawn and lithographed by J C Bourne. Printed by C Hullmandel. Published by J C Bourne, 19 Lamb's Conduit Street, and Ackermann and Co, Strand, London. 1839.

Lithograph 'Blasting Rocks, Linslade, Bucks, October 1837', by J C Bourne, 1837

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1837-10

Lithograph. London and Birmingham Railway. 'Blasting Rocks, Linslade, Bucks, October 1837'. Drawn and lithographed by J C Bourne.

Blisworth cutting

John Cooke Bourne

1839

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

Nash Mill bridge

John Cooke Bourne

1839

print. lithograph (buff and black). 'Nash Mill bridge' [over Grand Junction Canal] / by John Cooke Bourne, 1839, Plate XV from "Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway" published London: JC Bourne,... Ackermann & Co,... C Tilt. on sheet 38x55cm

W James Civil Engineer

W Roffe

1839

print. engraving, stipple. W James Civil Engineer. Projector of the Liverpool & Manchester & other Railways. Born 13th June 1771. Died 22nd April 1837. Engraved by W. Roffe from a Miniature by [A.E.] Chalon. [London] Published Octr. 1st. 1839 W.A. Robertson. 19x12cm., image 8.7x7.5cm. Plate from: Mechanics Magazine. - Portrait, William James 1771-1837 HS, vignette; with facsimile signature. Alfred Edward Chalon c1780-1860

Perspective view of the Great Central Railway Station, Derby

H G Collins

1840

Engraving - steel (col.) "Perspective view of the Great Central Railway Station, Derby", by C. Cole after J.F. Burrell. Publisher: - H.G. Collins, Paternoster Row, London, c.1840 (for the British Gazetteer). Image size: c.14cm x 21.2cm (vignette)

Building stationary engine house in Camden Town

John Cooke Bourne

1839

print, lithograph (buff and black). 'Building stationary engine house in Camden Town' / by John Cooke Bourne, 1839, Plate VIII from "Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway" published London: JC Bourne,... Ackermann & Co,... C Tilt. on sheet 38x55cm

Oblique bridge Boxmoor

John Cooke Bourne

1839

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

"representation of the great eclipse of the sun"

Darton and Harvey

1836

Diagram: representation of the great eclipse of the sun on Sunday afternoon, 15 May 1836. Published by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch St. [1836]

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand Fete Day

Art

1837

One handbill: Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand Fete Day. Announcing Cocking's descent by parachute from Mr. Green's Royal "Nassau" balloon, Monday July 24th, 1837.

The balloon race and fete champetre

Art

1836

Advertisement for 'The balloon race and fete champetre' between two Green family balloons at the Royal Gardens Vauxhall, [London], 9 August 1836. Handbill; broadsheet letterpress, some handcol, two balloon motifs engraved, one handcol; 15.5x19.3cm.

Building retaining wall near Park Street

John Cooke Bourne

1839

print. lithograph (buff and black). 'Building retaining wall near Park Street' / by John Cooke Bourne, 1839, Plate VI from "Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway" published London: JC Bourne,... Ackermann & Co,... C Tilt. on sheet 38x55cm

London and Birmingham Railway

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1839

Lithograph. London and Birmingham Railway. Canal Bridge, Pitstone, Bucks. Drawn and lithographed by J C Bourne. c1839.

business card

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1839

Lithograph business cards. Timothy Hackworth. Illustrated with a lithograph of an engine hauling a wagon in rural setting with church and houses in distance, above text:- Timothy Hackworth. Manufacturer of Locomotive, Marine, High Pressure and other Steam Engines, Mills &c. On the most approved plans. New Shildon, near Bishop Auckland. Durham. c.1839.

Chalk Farm and its Environs With a distant view of primrose hill, chalk farm and its environs. taken from park street.

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1838

Coloured engraving, With a Distant View of Primrose Hill, Chalk Farm and its Environs taken from Park Street, about 1838. Depicts the London and Birmingham Railway with a train of open carriages full of people. A crowd of fashionably dressed spectators, some on horseback or in carriages, looks on. In the background are the engine houses and chimneys of the stationary winding engines. Beyond is the knoll of Primrose Hill, open countryside and woods in the distance. Text beneath the illustration reads "Drawn and engraved by A. F. Edington. With a Distant View of Primrose Hill, Chalk Farm and its Environs taken from Park Street. Published et al at 8 Wellington Street, Camden Town".

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.

print, coloured: Building the Stationary Engine Ho

Art

1837

print, coloured: Building the Stationary Engine House at Camden Town. / J C Bourne, April 28th 1837, Plate VIII, London & Birmingham Railway

Engraving: Portrait of Robert Cocking, published b

Art

1837

Engraving: Portrait of Robert Cocking, published by George Roberts, 12 York Place, Kennington, London, 1837

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)

This bird's eye view of the London Grand Junction Railway

Art

1838

Coloured lithograph by Bouvier, "This bird's eye view of the London Grand Junction Railway" c.1838 (R225)