Picture painted by psychiatric patient, Suffolk, England, 1930-1985 Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry 1934 -1990
Buccaneer aircraft RN Jet XT283 (809 Squadron) landing on the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal Michael Turner 1972
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
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
One water colour painting on glass "Death of Pilatre de Rozier. First balloon accident, 15th June 1785". Signed by Du Plessis Bertan. Gilt frame, circular, 11 cms. One water colour painting on glass "Death of Pilatre de Rozier. First balloon accident Penn-Gaskell Collection 1785
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
Painting, oil on canvas, The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line, by J W Carmichael, 1848. Depicts the brick railway viaduct curving across the valley of the River Wellesbourne. A train hauled by a steam locomotive is crossing the viaduct, leaving a plume of white smoke. In the foreground are cut down trees, and two women talking beside a stone wall. There is a drover with cattle on the road in the valley beneath the viaduct, and on the hills at either side and in the distance there are three windmills. The town of Brighton is visible in the distance, between the arches of the bridge. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Framed and glazed. The London Road Viaduct on the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Line Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1848
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
Painting, oil on canvas, Letchworth Station, Hertfordshire by Spencer Frederick Gore, 1912. Painting in the Post-Impressionist style depicting Letchworth station, Hertfordshire, with passengers waiting on the platforms. There are station buildings and waiting rooms with red tiled roofs, and a house with a red roof in the distance. There are fields beyond the station. Framed and glazed in acrylic. Letchworth Station Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1912
Painting, oil on canvas, Cannon Street Station, by Algernon Talmage, depicting interior platform scene, 1908. Framed and glazed. Cannon Street Station Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1908
Painting, oil on canvas, 'Through the Marshes', by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1927. Depicts railway workers (permanent way) and a train crossing the Marazion Marshes near Penzance on the Great Western Railway main line. Framed and glazed, glass. Through the Marshes Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1927
Painting, oil on panel, Second Class: The Parting 'Thus part we rich in sorrow, Parting poor', by Abraham Solomon, 1855. Depicts passengers in a second class railway carriage. A woman, dressed in black widow’s clothes with a hood and bonnet covering her hair, is seated with her left arm around a boy sailor, clasping his right hand in hers. Facing them is a tearful young woman, holding a handkerchief to her face. There is a carpet bag and bundle of luggage on the seats alongside. Seated behind them are a bearded sailor, wearing an earring and straw hat, and a woman with a colourful bonnet. On the wall of the carriage are advertisements for sea passages to Australia, gold digging equipment and emigrants’ outfits. Through the carriage window is a port with ships’ masts. Framed and glazed. Also known as The Departure (Second Class). Second Class: The Parting 'Thus part we rich in sorrow, Parting poor' Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1855
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
Painting, oil on canvas, portrait of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), by John Callcott Horsley, 1848. Depicts Brunel full length, standing, dressed in grey trousers, a frock coat, white shirt and black cravat. His left hand rests on a set of plans, on a table covered with a red cloth. Brunel was married to the artist's sister, Mary Elizabeth Horsely. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1848 Pictorial Collection (Railway) 1848
Blitz on an London Midland & Scottish Railway Marshalling Yard near Willesden, September 1940 Pictorial Collection (Railway) about 1945
