Creswick, Thomas

Small mounted oil painting by Thomas Creswick, of a steam train passing Leighton Buzzard on the London and Birmingham Railway line. A note on the reverse suggests that the work was painted in 1837.

Born in Birmingham in 1811, Thomas Creswick studied under J V Barber and is best known for his landscapes of the north of England and Wales. He was London-based, and from 1828 exhibited 266 works at the Royal Academy, the British Institute and elsewhere. He died in 1869.

Single item.

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Provenance unknown, but given the subject matter it is possible that it came to the Library as part of the Goldsmith's Collection.

Collection level description.

155 x 105 mm

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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The Library holds material relating to the London and Birmingham Railway (MS 504).