print
- Museum number
- 2008,7097.1
- Title
- Object: Le Chemin de Fer
- Description
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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
- Production date
- 1838
- Dimensions
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Height: 382 millimetres
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Width: 568 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The print was published to commemorate the opening of the line from Paris to St Germain on 24 August 1837.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2008,7097.1