Picturesque Railway
The Lithographs of John Cooke Bourne
John Cooke Bourne (1814–96) captured one of the most exciting periods in modern British history – the building of the railways.
His work, reproduced in this book for the first time in more than forty years, recorded the construction and operation of the London & Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway, two of
the largest engineering projects of the nineteenth century. Les mer
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John Cooke Bourne (1814–96) captured one of the most exciting periods in modern British history – the building of the railways.
His work, reproduced in this book for the first time in more than forty years, recorded the construction and operation of
the London & Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway, two of the largest engineering projects of the nineteenth
century.
In his panoramic yet intricate topographical sketches, Bourne showed that as well as being a feat of modern engineering a railway could sit comfortably in the landscape of the English countryside. He celebrated the skills and determination of the railway builders who were reshaping the cities, towns and countryside of the 1830s and ’40s. And, most of all, he demonstrated that a railway could be a thing of real beauty.
In his panoramic yet intricate topographical sketches, Bourne showed that as well as being a feat of modern engineering a railway could sit comfortably in the landscape of the English countryside. He celebrated the skills and determination of the railway builders who were reshaping the cities, towns and countryside of the 1830s and ’40s. And, most of all, he demonstrated that a railway could be a thing of real beauty.
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Utgitt:
2015
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
ISBN: 9780750960946
Format: 23 x 25 cm
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Dr. Matt Thompson is the senior curator at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, responsible for all ten museums along with the
library and archives. Matt has a doctorate in history from the University of York. MattHe is the author of Mile by Mile London
to Paris and Modern Eurostar.