'The Todmorden Valley, from above Mytholm Church', West Yorkshire, 1845.

Lithograph, drawn and lithographed by the American-born artist Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) Tormoorden on the Manchester & Leeds Railway. In 1837 Parliament gave permision for the building of a railway between Manchester and Leeds, and George Stephenson (1781-1848) was appointed its chief engineer. The 51 mile crosing of the Pennines was a major engineering project, involving the construction of numerous bridges, viaducts and tunnels. The railway opened for busines in 1839. Printed by Day & Haghe, lithographers to the Queen.