Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor, 1816. Creator: John Linnell the Elder.

Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor, 1816. Creator: John Linnell the Elder.

1-148-999 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor, 1816. The painting shows him seated before a window, pointing to a view of mountains. Richard Trevithick designed the first locomotive to run on rails, as well as being a designer of steam road carriages and a large number of stationary steam engines.


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Creator
  1. John Linnell the Elder, attributed to: English, British: Artist, painter and printmaker
Subject
  1. Richard Trevithick: British: Engineer and locomotive pioneer

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2270x2767
File Size : 18,402kb


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  1. PER/C000016
  1. 0460000944
  1. 1-148-999
  1. 1148999
  1. 944
  1. PER/C000016

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