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Description: | Ink on paper. Monochrome. View of the first Nottingham railway station from the south-east. Title - centre bottom: "THE NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY STATION" Bottom left: "drawn by A.Parker - G Hawkins Junr Lith" Bottom right: "Day & Hague Lithrs to the Queen" Beneath title: "Nottingham, Published by W Dearden 16th May 1839" Bottom right - museum stamp. Top right in pencil "1839" Reverse - museum stamp and acc no. Foreground - field with a stream in the centre. Middle- ground right - station building. Middle ground left - train on a railway line running away to the left. Background - the Castle in the centre. Vertical crease on the left. Shows the opening of The Nottingham Railway Station in May 1839, showing the departure of the first train from Nottingham to Derby.
Accession number: NCM 1922-8 | Subjects: | topography transport | Temporal: | 1839 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by Parker/Alexander.; by Hawkins/George Jnr.; by Day and Hague.; by Dearden/W. | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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