Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer in the cab, the label "Cov. [sic] Williamson" on the boiler, the label "Danforth Cooke & Co. / Paterson N.J." on the cylinder, the label "Danforth Cooke & Co. Paterson NJ" on the driving wheel hubcaps, and a portrait of a man on the head light, presumably intended to represent New Jersey Governor Isaac Halstead Williamson (1767-1844). Probable date based on date of engine construction referenced in Poor, Henry V., ed. American Railroad Journal, April 8, 1854, page 230. "J.H. Edwards, drawn."--text, bottom left margin. "F. Mone. Eng. Off. 131 Fulton Str. New York."--text, bottom center margin. "G. Plate engr."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : hand colored color printed ; overall 59.06 x 91.44 cm (23 1/4 x 36 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Williamson, Isaac H. (Isaac Halsted), 1767-1844--Pictorial works Danforth, Cooke & Co Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Transportation Large Size Railroad The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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