
3 5 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 27cm
Description
Oil painting from 1954 by Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) showing Richard Trevithick's (1771-1883) Pen-y-Darren locomotive and Francis Trevithick's Cornwall locomotive. The latter was built for the London & North Western Railway in 1847. Commisioned in 1803 by the Penydarren Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Pen-y-Darren made the first of its three journeys on 21st February 1804, before the project was abandoned because the seven ton engine kept breaking the cast iron track.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10282751
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