Stephenson Collection

The 205 ton J-class yacht Velsheda sailing close hauled, 1933
The 205 ton J-class yacht Velsheda sailing close-hauled, 1933. Velsheda was designed by Charles E Nicholson and built in 1933 for Woolworths founder William L Stephenson

Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1839. Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Construction of the Kilsby Tunnel on the London & Birmingham Railway, 8 July 1837 (1839). Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was appointed chief engineer of the London & Birmingham Railway (LBR)

Entrance to the locomotive engine house, Camden Town, London, 1839. Scene during the construction of the London & Birmingham Railway

Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Artist: John Cooke Bourne
Tring cutting, London & Birmingham Railway, 17 June 1837 (1839). Navvies excavating the cutting. Wheelbarrows are filled with spoil at the bottom

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator: SG Hughes
Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR)

Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Creator: Unknown
Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Diagram showing fire box, smoke box, steam head, boiler, wheels and flanges etc. The Patentee steam locomotive was introduced by pioneering British railway

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

Mr Stephenson putting in the last rivet, 1886. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, volume I

Early railway Coaches, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). The first steam locomotives with three different classes of railway travel

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Top: goods train drawn by the locomotive Liverpool. Bottom: cattle train drawn by the locomotive Fury

Medal commemorating the building of the Britannia Tubular Bridge, North Wales, c1850. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

Portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), 1856. Creator
Portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), 1856. Private Collection

Sir Robert Peel entering Tamworth, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Sir Robert Peel entering Tamworth, 1845. British Prime Minister Robert Peel arrives for a ceremony marking the start of construction on the Trent Valley line between Rugby and Stafford

Elsenham Station, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Elsenham Station, 1845. Railway station at Elsenham in Essex, one of the stops on the newly opened line from London to Cambridge and Ely. The line was highly to the credit...of the engineer, Mr

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7), March 1, 1866. Creator: James Stephenson
Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7), March 1, 1866

G. Stephenson, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

George Stephenson, c1849, (1945). Creator: Unknown
George Stephenson, c1849, (1945). Portrait of George Stephenson (1781-1848), English mechanical engineer and inventor of the railway engine. After a painting of 1849

The Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Strait, 1850... (1901). Creator: Unknown
The Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Strait, 1850: Built by Robert Stephenson, (1901). View of the Bridge designed by engineer Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). William Huskisson (1770- 1830) British statesman, financier and MP during reign of George IV. Educated at Appleby Grammar School

Chesterfield, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Chesterfield, c1910. George Stephenson, the great Engineer, settled here. Population, 37, 400. Countryside near the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire

Spike Heatley and Ronnie Stephenson, Dankworth Big Band, Marquee Club, London, 1960

The Rocket Contrasted with the Lost Type of 4-4-0, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Rocket Contrasted with the Lost Type of 4-4-0, c1930. From " The Splendid Book of Locomotives", by C. Gibbard Jackson. [Sampson Low, Marston Co Ltd London, c1930]

Building the Rocket - in 1935, 1935. Creator: Unknown
Building the " Rocket" - in 1935. This full-size replica of a famous locomotive was ordered by the Science Museum, South Kensington, from Robert Stephenson and Co. of Darlington, 1935

North Star, one of the earliest steam trains, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
North Star, one of the earliest steam trains, c1950. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

A Striking Contrast, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Striking Contrast, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The twin screw 80ft motor yacht Bystander at anchor, 1934. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The twin screw 80ft motor yacht Bystander at anchor, 1934. Initially owned by William Lawrence Stephenson a founder of Woolworths

The Rocket Astonishes Everyone, c1934. Illustration showing the Rocket steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson. The accompanying text explains the mechanism

George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1896. Artist: GW Wilson and Company
George Stephensons Birthplace, Wylam, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. Artist: J Stephenson
Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

London and Birmingham Railway, 1837. Artist: Charles Hunt
London and Birmingham Railway, 1837. The view of the railway was taken from under a bridge on Hampstead Road looking towards Euston Station, with a steam train travelling along the tracks

Crossley of Miss VJM Stephenson competing in the RSAC Scottish Rally, 1936 Artist: Bill Brunell
Crossley 2-door f.h.c. 1933 1122 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. AGC10. Event Entry No: 113. Driver: Stephenson, Miss. V.J.M. Finished: 10th of 12. Place: R.S.A.C. Scottish Rally. Date: 1-5.6.36

Rainhill Bridge, Chat Moss, near Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Rainhill Bridge, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Moorish Arch, looking from the Tunnel, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Near Liverpool, looking Towards Manchester, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines, etc

Warehouses &c at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, London, c1831. Artist
Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, Warrington, Cheshire, February 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Viaduct Across the Sankey Valley, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 miles from Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Excavation of Olive Mount, 4 Miles from Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Entrance of the Railway at Edge Hill, Liverpool, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

View Taken from Under the Hampstead Road Bridge, looking towards the station at Euston Square, published 1837 (hand coloured engraving)

Train Number One, July 1925. A re-enactment of the first train journey, made by George Stephensons Locomotion no 1 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825

The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
The Tunnel, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Near Liverpool, looking towards Manchester, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Taking in Water at Parkside, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

View of the Railway across Chat Moss, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. Artist: SG Hughes
Trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1832-1833. A train of wagons (top) and a train of cattle, sheep and pigs (bottom), on the worlds first intercity railway

Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, Liverpool, 1832-1833. The worlds first intercity railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened on 15 September 1830

Britannia Bridge, Anglesey Entrance, Wales, 1849. Artist: George Hawkins
Britannia Bridge, Anglesey Entrance, Wales, 1849. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and was completed in 1850

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