Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Title:
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/16 × 8 1/2 inches (15.7 × 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in ink, lower right: "I.Shaw | 1830"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.2698
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flags | genre subject | cityscape | railway coaches | steam locomotives | railway station | railway | trains | archway | crowd
Associated Places:
Liverpool | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Roads to rails : revolution in British transport, , New Haven, CT, 1992, p. 28, no. 271, HE243 .F25 1992 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19938