Arrangement and Alterations to Tank and Brake Gear for Narrow Gauge Sandwich Framed Six Wheeled Tenders
Date:
1874
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 1/2 × 49 1/2 inches (69.9 × 125.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Extensively inscribed with notations and component measurements; inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "16' Total length of Tank Inside | Capacity of Tank = 1822 Galls"; center left: "Holes colored Red countersunk on outside of Frame - | and Footstep plate"; center: "Wheels 4' 0" diameter - "; center: "Tank Full boat 3 Tons | Tank Empty boat nil - | Tool Box on Right side - | Wet Sand Box left - do - "; inscribed in pen and red ink, lower center: "Tenders Nos. 237 | 282 | 299 } Cut up July 1905. see Mr. Churchwards letter | Ref to corr: F.O.-3010 June 1905}"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection