The Old Print Shop

George Stephenson.

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  • PUBLISHER: Published by Johnson, Wilson & Co. New York.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving,

    DATE: undated.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 7 5/16 x 5 7/16" (185 x 137 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Detail of early steam locomotive in backround. George Stephenson (1781 – 1848), English - mechanical engineer who built the first public railway for steam locomotives. His rail gauge of 4 ft 8½ i" (Stephenson gauge) is the world's standard gauge.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good/fair condition with modern hand color. Some minor smudging & paper has a subtle ripple along right margin.

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