Set of Four Framed Locomotive Engravings by Joseph Wilson Lowry and Robert Morrison

Set of Four Locomotive Engravings, Framed and Matted

Engraving by Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) and drawings by Robert Morrison 

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.

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

Size: 24" x 30" each

Overall Condition: Great Condition. Not inspected outside of frames.