If you love trains and locomotive history, this set Four of Antique Framed Etchings is for you! Engineering drawings were done by Scottish Inventor, Robert Morrison (1822-1869) and rendered into etchings by Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879). Each paper print features different parts, profiles, and designs. A spectacular collection for any room!
Collector's Notes:
Four Antique Joseph Wilson Lowry Robert Morrison Locomotive Framed Engravings
Titled:
Plate LXIII: Details of R & W Hawthorn's Locomotive Engine for the North British Railway 1845
Plate LXVII: Locomotive Engine and Tender Manufactured by R. & W. Hawthorn Newcastle Upon Tyne for the North British Railway 1845
Plate LXIX: Locomotive Engine and Tender Manufactured by R. & W. Hawthorn Newcastle Upon Tyne for the North British Railway 1845
Plate LXXI: Locomotive Engine Manufactured by R & W Hawthorn Newcastle Upon Tyne for the North British Railway 1845
Overall Condition: Great
Expected wear for age; minor spotting and wrinkles in paper consistent with age. No visible damage to prints. Minor denting and loss on some frames. Not examined outside of frames. Inspect images and video.
Size: 24" x 30" each
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Engraving by Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) and engineering drawings by Robert Morrison (1822-1869)
"Robert Morrison (1822-1869) born in the parish of Moy, Inverness-shire, son of a flour miller. 1853 Started business for himself at Ouseburn, as Robert Morrison and Co. The works at that time were comparatively small, but by his great mechanical skill, application and energy, in a few years, he extended them so that they covered about 10,000 square yards of ground, and employed more than five hundred men, in the manufacture of marine and other classes of engines, as well as of an improved steam-hammer which he invented and patented. His hammers were extensively used by both the English and Russian Governments, by Sir William Armstrong, for his big guns, and by many large engineering firms in this country, as well as in America." - Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) was an English engraver. The son of Wilson Lowry, he was trained by his father and inherited his taste for scientific subjects. He engraved plates for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, John Phillips' Geology of Yorkshire (1835), Scott Russell's Naval Architecture (1865), and John Weale's Scientific Series. He also produced a series of drawings of London Bridge for Sir John Rennie, and contributed to the journals of the Institution of Naval Architects and the Royal Geographical Society. He was later appointed engraver to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. Referenced from www.sandersofoxford.com.
