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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company at Brighton, circa 1870 and later

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ANONYMOUS
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company at Brighton, circa 1870 and later
Album containing forty-five albumen prints, the majority approx. 8 x 6 in. or the reverse, titled in pencil on mounts, red cloth boards (re-backed), ruled in gilt, 4to.; an albumen print group portrait showing 'Mr. William Stroudley Locomotive & Carriage Superintendent & Staff of Foremen & Friends...1881', 6 x 8 in. mounted on card; manuscript notebook detailing all the locomotives built at Brighton from 1870 onwards; and related printed ephemera. (a lot)

Lot Essay

Several interior views of the construction sheds at Brighton including the 'Erection Shop', 'Machine Shop', 'Fitting Shop Benches', 'Wheel Shop', 'Boiler Shop', 'Smith Shop' and 'Pattern Shop'; a few group portraits of the workers and an individual portrait of William Stroudley, Chief Engineer and Designer at Brighton for several years from 1870; and sixteen studies of locomotives manufactured at the site.

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