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ANTIQUE #SA1172171

Arthur F. Tait Original Mid 19th Century Hand-coloured Railway Lithograph Brighouse Station C1845 West Yorkshire Landscape

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Sold by: Strickland & Russell

Type of Artwork: Original 19th-Century Hand-Coloured Lithograph — Brighouse Station
 
Artist / Printer: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819–1905) — drawn from nature and on stone.
 
Printed by Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen (London).
 
Publication: From Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway, published Liverpool, c.1845.
 
Subject: Early railway topography showing Brighouse Station, with the valley mills and sweeping hillsides of West Yorkshire. Part of Tait’s celebrated series documenting one of Britain’s earliest main lines (opened to Leeds 1841; company became the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1847).
 
Condition: Good to very good for age: gentle toning and the odd minor imperfection near the sheet edges; clean image, original hand colour.
 
Surface / Size: Originally hand-coloured lithograph on wove paper. Image/plate approx. 33 × 50 cm (˜ 13 × 19½ in). Mounted and Framed Size incl. frame 39 x 47 cm (mount aperture approx. 27 x 36 cm)
 
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Antique SA1172171 shown on this page was made in 1850. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD