Four antique prints with railroad subjects:
1. Plate I from "Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831," published byRaphael Tuck & Sons (London) in 1894. Color offset. Measures 9" x 23 1/2", presented behind glass in a frame that measures 16 3/4" x 31 1/4".
2. Plate III from "Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831," published by Raphael Tuck & Sons (London) in 1894. Color offset. Measures 9" x 23 1/2", presented behind glass in a frame that measures 16 3/4" x 31 1/4".
3. "Our Lightning Expresses," Manchester & Liverpool Express. Hand-colored lithograph. Measures 10" x 27", presented behind glass in a frame that measures 19 1/2" x 37".
4. "Locomotive." Hand-colored engraving. Measures 9 1/4" x 5 3/4", presented behind glass in a frame that measures 15 1/4" x 11 3/4".
Condition
The first three prints each have folds original to the sheets. The sheet for the fourth print shows some darkening from acidity. Some scattered creasing and toning across the group.