Set of Four Framed Locomotive Engravings by Joseph Wilson Lowry and Robert Morrison
Set of Four Locomotive Engravings, Framed and Matted Engraving by Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) and drawings by Robert Morrison Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) was an English engraver. The son of Wilson Lowry, he was trained by his father and inherited his taste for scientific subjects. He engraved plates for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, John Phillips' Geology of Yorkshire (1835), Scott Russell's Naval Architecture (1865), and John Weale's Scientific Series. He also produced a series of drawings of London Bridge for Sir John Rennie, and contributed to the journals of the Institution of Naval Architects and the Royal Geographical Society. He was later appointed engraver to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. Referenced from www.sandersofoxford.com. Titled: Plate LXIII: Details of R & W Hawthorn's Locomotive Engine for the North British Railway 1845 Plate LXVII: Locomotive Engine and Tender Manufactured by R. & W. Hawthorn Newcastle Upon Tyne for the North