Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Making the embankment – Woolverton Valley. June 28th 1837’ [sic]. The image shows an embankment under construction. To the right of the image the embankment has been built and a locomotive travels along the tracks towards a bridge. In the centre of the image workers form the embankment. There is a house to the right and a lake or river to the foreground with reeds/rushes at the water edge. Published as plate XXIII ‘View of the embankment near Wolverton, during its progress: Shewing the manner of forming embankments, and an accidental slip of earth. June 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print. Making the embankment – Woolverton Valley. June 28th 1837 1839
Lithograph, view of the London and Birmingham Railway when in course of construction by J. C. Bourne, published 1839. ‘Berkhampstead – Herts. June 10th 1837’. Image shows a railway cutting in the countryside with a bridge under construction. The bridge has scaffolding and there are workers. A locomotive with wagons has just passed under the bridge. There is a line of trees behind the cutting and some buildings and a church to the left of the cutting. There are hills behind the church. Published as plate XVIII ‘View of a cutting and bridge near Berkhampstead, looking N.W.: Shewing part of the town. June 1837’, in ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, by J. C. Bourne, with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton’, London : J. C. Bourne; Ackermann & Co.; C. Tilt, 1839 (inv. 1999-7495 / 2000-7644 / 2000-7769). Titles and text as given in published volume, no text on print. Berkhampstead – Herts. June 10th 1837 1839
Book, "Drawings of the London & Birmingham Railway" by John Cooke Bourne and John Britton, published by Day & Haghe, about 1838. Lithographs based on Bourne's drawings depicting the London & Birmingham Railway, including its construction and main architectural features, accompanied by a descriptive text by John Britton. Comprises 29 pages of plates and 26 pages of contents and description. Lacks frontispiece and title page. Leather bound. Drawings of the London & Birmingham Railway circa 1838
