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Going North, King's Cross Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1893

Portrait of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp MA, FSA (1820 – 1901)

Clockmakers

1896

Portrait of Benjamin Vulliamy (1747 – 1811)

Clockmakers

1770-1800

Portrait of Edward East

Clockmakers

1601-1700

Service by Night

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Portrait of Francois Justin Vulliamy (1712 – 1797)

Clockmakers

1760-1790

Portrait of Thomas Vickery (1882 – 1945)

Clockmakers

1936

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

Design for a Road Perch, L Spring Landau carriage

Art

1800

Blitz on an London Midland & Scottish Railway Marshalling Yard near Willesden, September 1940

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

about 1945

Design for a Pony Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

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

Design for a Spider Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Design for a George IV Phaeton carriage

Art

1830

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage or a Dormeuse Chariot carriage with and without a rumble seat to rear for Lord de Clifford

Art

1835

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (C.1715 – 1794) oil on canvas, after Nathaniel Dance, London c.1772.

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794)

Clockmakers

1758-1811

Design for a Crane Neck Phaeton carriage

Art

1810

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

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage

Art

1810

Design for Demi Mail/Stanhope Phaeton carriage

Art

1850

Design for a Dress/Town Chariot carriage

Art

1820

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage

Art

1830

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage for the Marquis of Sligo

Art

1840

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

Design for a Stae Perch, C Spring Landau carriage

Art

1850

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage

Art

1810

Design for a Posting Chariot carriage

Art

1810

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage for the Countess of Blessington

Art

1844

Painting, oil on canvas, artist unknown, with the caption "Seats for Five Persons", about 1850. Satirical depiction of a crowded compartment of a railway carriage, showing twelve passengers, including a stout woman, an elderly man, an amorous couple and a family with a crying baby. Framed and glazed.

seats for five persons

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

c. 1850

Design for With or Without Perch Landau carriage

Art

1860

Lord Hurcomb

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1955

Design for a Dormuse Chariot carriage

Art

1825

Design for a Spider Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage for the Countless Blessington

Art

1830

Painting, oil on canvas, Liverpool Street Station, by Marjorie Sherlock, about 1963. Depicts a scene at the ticket barrier on platform 4 at Liverpool Street Station in about 1917. In the foreground are passengers, including a soldier in an Australian Army slouch hat. At left is part of a newsagent's kiosk and railway staff are inspecting tickets at the barriers. Beyond, below a sign announcing "West Side Suburban" trains are two trains, with a blue painted Great Eastern Railway locomotive at the end of platform 4. The scene is framed by the station roof. Framed and glazed (perspex). Signed by the artist at bottom left, "Marjorie Sherlock 63".

Liverpool Street Station

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1963

Steam and Sail of the Nineteenth Century, painting

Louis Charles Duffy

1963

Teignmouth is Devon

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1957

Northern Ireland,Dunluce Castle

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1924

Special Boat Express nearing Orpington

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Design for a Dormeuse Chariot carriage

Art

1840

Design for a Demi Mail/Stanhope Phaeton carriage

Art

1850

Design for a Dress/Post Chariot carriage

Art

1840

Design for a Dormeuse Chariot carriage

Art

1830

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage

Art

1830

Design for a Dress Chariot carriage and a Dormeuse Chariot carriage

Art

1830

Design for a George IV Phaeton carriage

Art

1840

Design for a George IV Phaeton carriage

Art

1850

Design for a Demi Mail/Stanhope carriage

Art

1850

Design for a Crane Neck Phaeton carriage

Art

1810

Design for a Spider Phaeton carriage

Art

1840