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Testimonial to Mr. Ramsbottom, late engineer of the Crewe Railway Locomotive Factory, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

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Testimonial to Mr. Ramsbottom, late engineer of the Crewe Railway Locomotive Factory, 1873. 'Upon the retirement of Mr. Ramsbottom, the eminent mechanical engineer, from the management of the great works of the London and North Western Railway Company, at Crewe, the sum of £500 was voted by the shareholders to provide a testimonial in acknowledgment of his services. The general design was suggested by and carried out under the supervision of Mr. Tipping, M.P., one of the directors of the company. Upon a pedestal, supported by four plinths bearing the company's arms, Science, holding Hercules in chains, points proudly to a plan of Crewe, as one of the great centres and sources of her victory over brute force and the material forces of nature. The pedestal is enriched with four medallion portraits of George Stephenson, Henry Booth, R. Trevithick, and Mr. Ramsbottom, under whose portrait is the following inscription: "To J. Ramsbottom, in acknowledgment of great talents, rare qualities, and eminent services. The London and North Western Railway Company. R. Moon, chairman." This work was manufactured by Messrs. Elkington in oxidized silver, relieved with gold'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A13_136

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

17,7Mo (1,0Mo) / 19,5cm x 22,7cm / 2302 x 2687 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation railways religious arts engineering religion metal science art British retirement railway deity God craftsmanship gift present century statuette Britain newspapers press print metalwork figurine concept mythology B&W gratitude engraved engraving allegory 19th century Hercules black & white black and white B W allegorical Herakles Greek mythology allegorical figure nineteenth century The Print Collector artistic school Illustrated London News LNWR London & North Western Railway London and North Western Railway wood engraving ILN testimonial newspaper Unknown John John Ramsbottom Ramsbottom Heracles 19th-century metal work Elkington & Company Elkington & Co. London & North-Western Railway London and North-Western Railway The Illustrated London News