Results 1-1 of 1
<<< Previous 1 Next >>>
[William Huskisson.]
Painted by R.Rothwell, M.R.I.A. Engraved by Thomas Hodgetts.
London, August 1832, Published by M.Colnaghi, 23, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 370 x 280mm (14½ x 11"), large margins.
Portrait of William Huskisson PC (1770 - 1830), British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament for several constituencies, including Liverpool. He is commonly known as the world's first widely reported railway passenger casualty, since he was run over and fatally injured by Robert Stephenson's pioneering locomotive Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. However, a number of fatal railway accidents had already occurred before this. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67238] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
<<< Previous 1 Next >>>