VAT included (see terms) | Exclude VAT

Representation of the Great Banquet given by the Workmen of the Atlas Works
Representation of the Great Banquet given by the Workmen of the Atlas Works to Henry Sharp, Esq.re in honor of attaining his Majority, when 1,000 men sat down to a warm and sumptuous Dinner, in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, September 10th 1847.
on Stone by W. Physick. Printed by J. Gow, 65 Water Street.
[Manchester, c.1847.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 285 x 390mm (11¼ x 15¼"). Repaired tear just entering printed area at top, creasing bottom right.
A view of the second of three Free Trade Halls built on St Peter's Fields (site of the Peterloo massacre which took place in August 1819). The Atlas Works, opened in 1828, was the factory of Sharp Brothers and Company. In 1833, in an earlier incarnation (as Sharp, Roberts & Co.) they had built a locomotive, 'Experiment', for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. They built over 600 locomotives nicknamed 'Sharpies', between 1837-1857. Among the railways supplied were the Grand Junction Railway, London and North Western Railway and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
[Ref: 54194]   £280.00  
enquire about this item add to your wishlist