H Austin was an engraver active from 1830-1860. He is known for his engravings of scenes on the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, and for his engravings of characters from Sir Walter Scott's works.
W Crane was an engraver known to have been active in Chester between 1830 and 1842. The Science Museum Group owns a number of lithographic prints engraved by Crane during this period, many of which depict railway scenes and industrial landscapes.
Isaac Shaw junior was an engraver working in Liverpool in the 1830s. He worked with Ackermann & Co in 1833 to produce a series of coloured prints of locomotives travelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
J F Cannell was a printer active in Liverpool c 1830-1833, when he printed a number of coloured lithographic prints depicting scenes on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Established by John Clowes Grundy and Charles Fox in 1827. Premises at 25 St Ann's Square (1828) and 15 Exchange Street (1830). The company was in the Manchester Guardian in April 1827 as being carvers and gilders, colourmen to artists, printsellers and opticians. Grundy & Fox sold, among other things, Ackermann’s and Newman’s superfine watercolours, Turnbull’s London drawing boards, Whatman’s superior drawing paper, Brookman & Langdon’s drawing pencils, and Brown’s bladder colours. And advert in Pigot’s General Directory of Manchester and Salford for 1829 mentions a service for cleaning, lining and restoring pictures. Grundy & Fox were appointed carvers and gilders to George IV at Manchester in 1829. The company was dissolved in 1831, with Charles Fox going on to trade independently as an artists’ colourman and Grundy being appointed as carver, gilder and print seller to William IV.
Known to have been active as a publisher at 30 Castle Street, town not recorded, in 1838, when he published an engraving by W Crane of a drawing by R Barrow.
Date
c 1830-1838
Scope and Content12 lithographs by various artists, including Crane, Baird, Barrow, Cannell, Gahey and Shaw, depicting scenes along the route of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, locomotive engines and terminal stations, c.1830-c.1838
Extent0.1 linear metres
Archival historyAll items purchased at Bonhams, London as two lots from the collection of Christopher Aspin. Items 1-7 formed lot 114, items 8-12 formed lot 116.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first proposed by William James and Joseph Sanders in 1821. In 1826 George Stephenson was appointed chief engineer. The company originally intended to use fixed locomotives to pull freight trains between Liverpool and Manchester, but following the Rainhill Trial competition of 6 October 1829, locomotives in the style of Stephenson's Rocket were commissioned. The company opened the line between Liverpool and Manchester on 15 September 1830. The first passengers travelled along the line two days later and goods on 1 December. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was absorbed into the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845.
H Austin was an engraver active from 1830-1860. He is known for his engravings of scenes on the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, and for his engravings of characters from Sir Walter Scott's works.
W Crane was an engraver known to have been active in Chester between 1830 and 1842. The Science Museum Group owns a number of lithographic prints engraved by Crane during this period, many of which depict railway scenes and industrial landscapes.
Known to have been active as a publisher at 30 Castle Street, town not recorded, in 1838, when he published an engraving by W Crane of a drawing by R Barrow.
Isaac Shaw junior was an engraver working in Liverpool in the 1830s. He worked with Ackermann & Co in 1833 to produce a series of coloured prints of locomotives travelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Established by John Clowes Grundy and Charles Fox in 1827. Premises at 25 St Ann's Square (1828) and 15 Exchange Street (1830). The company was in the Manchester Guardian in April 1827 as being carvers and gilders, colourmen to artists, printsellers and opticians. Grundy & Fox sold, among other things, Ackermann’s and Newman’s superfine watercolours, Turnbull’s London drawing boards, Whatman’s superior drawing paper, Brookman & Langdon’s drawing pencils, and Brown’s bladder colours. And advert in Pigot’s General Directory of Manchester and Salford for 1829 mentions a service for cleaning, lining and restoring pictures. Grundy & Fox were appointed carvers and gilders to George IV at Manchester in 1829. The company was dissolved in 1831, with Charles Fox going on to trade independently as an artists’ colourman and Grundy being appointed as carver, gilder and print seller to William IV.
J F Cannell was a printer active in Liverpool c 1830-1833, when he printed a number of coloured lithographic prints depicting scenes on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
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