Object number1864.2.1112
The Room in which George Stephenson, the Engineer, Was Born at Willington, Northumberland
Date1857
Artist
John Brown
(English, active 1819-1850)
CultureEnglish
MediumPencil and ink with wash and pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 4 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (10.64 x 18.73 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedDated (LC, in pencil): Oct. 1857
InscribedInscribed (LR, in pencil): (artist's name); (LC): The room in which George Stephonson, the engineer was born, at Willington, Northumberland
ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonExhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;
The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;
The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;
Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)
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