Lot Essay
The 'Perseverance' was built in 1832 by The Welsh Dowlais Railway Co.
Details
English School (19th Century)
Portrait of T. Cowburn, standing half-length, wearing a dark coat, a patterned waistcoat and a rose in his buttonhole, with a model engine 'Perseverance'
inscribed and dated '1839/Perseverance/T.Cowburn Engineer';
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)
Portrait of T. Cowburn, standing half-length, wearing a dark coat, a patterned waistcoat and a rose in his buttonhole, with a model engine 'Perseverance'
inscribed and dated '1839/Perseverance/T.Cowburn Engineer';
30 x 25in. (76.3 x 63.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, 18 November 1988, lot 143 (#3,000 to Anon.)