Image of a longitudinal section of a steam locomotive, the Delaware, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, labeled "Longitudinal section"; scale printed in lower center margin. Probable date based on publication of image in Emil Reuter's American Locomotives, 1849, plate VI. Image untitled; title and locomotive name supplied by cataloger based on title and label of locomotive in plate V in American Locomotives depicting the side elevation of the same locomotive. Obscured embossed stamp for the Burnham, Williams & Co. of Philadelphia in the upper left corner. "Drawn by D. H. Feger"--text, bottom left margin. "T. Sinclair's lith. 101 Chesnut St., Philada."--text, bottom center margin. "Scale 1 inch to the foot"--text, bottom center margin. "Plate VI."--text, upper right margin. "No 17"--handwritten note, upper left margin. "No 14"--handwritten note, upper left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 44.77 x 65.09 cm (17 5/8 x 25 5/8 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Book illustrations. (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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