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519502001
Open countryside on the edge of a town with two trains hauled by steam engines, one moving to right and about to enter a tunnel, the other to left; in the foreground, spectators including two disgruntled coachmen at left, and a peasant couple selling drinks from a pack on the man's back. 1838 Stencil-coloured wood-engraving with letterpress
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