The Present Time
Stevengraph
1850s-1870s (made)
1850s-1870s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Showing a locomotive hauling an express passenger train. The silks used for the locomotive are black, yellow and red, and the carriages are in yellow. The train is travelling from the right to left. On the left is a signal box and on the right is a bridge. The picture is in a beige mount with an 1888 trade label on the reverse.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Present Time (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Woven in silk and mounted on card |
| Brief description | Stevengraph picture 'The Present Time' woven in silk and mounted on card, Coventry, 1850s-1870s |
| Physical description | Stevengraph picture woven in silk and mounted on card. Showing a locomotive hauling an express passenger train. The silks used for the locomotive are black, yellow and red, and the carriages are in yellow. The train is travelling from the right to left. On the left is a signal box and on the right is a bridge. The picture is in a beige mount with an 1888 trade label on the reverse. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Present Time' and '60 Miles an Hour' (Inscribed on the mount) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.345-1976 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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