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Description: | Miniature portrait of George Stephenson (1781-1848) by Mrs. Mary F. Hamilton. Watercolour on ivory. Sight size 13x10.5cm in mount, in wood frame 17x14.5x1.5cm. Signed by artist on edge of print, aquatint by Pyall of Sankey Viaduct (Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened 1830), depicted in picture. Sitter TQL seated slightly to R holding scrolled prints, another, books and a miner's safety lamp on table L beside him. Inscribed on gilt mount as Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1836 [listed, cat. 735]. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | painting portrait | Temporal: | 1830-1836 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Hamilton, Mary | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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