The History and Description of the Great Western Railway

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

V&A South Kensington
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: CIRC.240-1972

Artist/Maker	Day (lithographers) Ackermann (publisher) Bourne (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Hand coloured lithographic print on paper

Object details

Categories	Transport Prints
Object type	Print
Titles	The History and Description of the Great Western Railway (series title) The Maidenhead Bridge (published title)
Materials and techniques	Printer's ink, paper, lithography, hand colouring Printer's Ink Paper Colour Lithography Hand Coloured
Brief description	By John Cooke Bourne: 'Chippenham', hand-coloured lithograph from 'The History and Description of the Great Western Railway', London, 1846
Physical description	Hand coloured lithographic print on paper
Dimensions
Marks and inscriptions	Drawn from Nature & on Stone by J.C. Bourne. Printed by C.F. Cheffins. (Lettered)
Credit line	Acquired from Weinreb & Douwma Ltd., London in 1972.
Place depicted	Wiltshire
Bibliographic reference	Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	CIRC.240-1972

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1036807/the-history-and-description-of-print-bourne/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like