Henry Pyall Collection

Combined Naval and Military Forces, Burma, 27th March, 1825, (1944). Creators: Thomas Stothard
Combined Naval and Military Forces, Burma, 27th March, 1825, (1944). Scene from the First Anglo-Burmese War, fought between the British and Burmese empires

The Celebrated Tom Thumb, c1830. Creator: Unknown
The Celebrated Tom Thumb, c1830. Horse pulling a carriage as people cheer in the background

Bedford Conservatories terrace at Covent Garden Market, Westminster, London, 1831. View with figures on the terrace filled with plants, including a man bent over a rose bush with a pruning knife

The new General Post Office, City of London, c1830. Artist: Henry Pyall
The new General Post Office, City of London, c1830. North-east view with the Royal Mails (and carts) preparing to start. The destinations are shown in the bottom margin

General Post Office, City of London, 1830. Artist: Henry Pyall
General Post Office, City of London, 1830. North-east view of the old General Post Office with the Royal Mail carriages preparing to depart

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

Coaches employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Coaches employed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. The locomotive Northumbrian, various passenger carriages and carriages for cattle. Plate 7 from Liverpool & Manchester Railway

London and Bath Steam Carriage, 1840, c1800-1840. Artist: Henry Pyall
London and nath Steam Carriage, 1840, (19th century)

Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. A large 12 square mile peat bog five miles west of Manchester, Chat Moss was considered unsuitable for the building of rail tracks

The Tunnel, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
The Tunnel, 1831. The worlds first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened on 15 September 1830. Its principal engineer was George Stephenson (1781-1848)

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