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Hughes, S. G.Biography Biography
S. G. Hughes was a British engraver who produced a series of coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with Henry Pyall.
Pyall, Henry Biography Biography
Henry Pyall was an engraver and aquatinter who sometimes worked in partnership with Charles and George Hunt. He produced a series of views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with S. G. Hughes.

Scope and Content
Bound set of Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway second edition with plates in later state or re-engraved, 13 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by S.G.Hughes and H.Pyall after Bury including the plate of rolling stock, with the 3 rare additional folding hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hughes after I.Shaw, two with light marginal soiling and creasing, one with short tear repaired, engraved bookplate of J.A.Knowles Renshaw, contemporary half green calf, gilt-stamped red roan label on upper cover, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new endpapers, 1829-1835
Physical description
Good condition.
Archival history
Purchased from Bloomsbury Auctions. Formerly part of the Michael G. Max Collection, number 2383.
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Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

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Hughes, S. G.Biography Biography
S. G. Hughes was a British engraver who produced a series of coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with Henry Pyall.
Pyall, Henry Biography Biography
Henry Pyall was an engraver and aquatinter who sometimes worked in partnership with Charles and George Hunt. He produced a series of views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with S. G. Hughes.
Shaw, Isaac (junior)Biography Biography
Isaac Shaw junior was an engraver working in Liverpool in the 1830s. He worked with Ackermann & Co in 1833 to produce a series of coloured prints of locomotives travelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Liverpool & Manchester Railway Co Biography Biography
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was first proposed by William James and Joseph Sanders in 1821. In 1826 George Stephenson was appointed chief engineer. The company originally intended to use fixed locomotives to pull freight trains between Liverpool and Manchester, but following the Rainhill Trial competition of 6 October 1829, locomotives in the style of Stephenson's Rocket were commissioned. The company opened the line between Liverpool and Manchester on 15 September 1830. The first passengers travelled along the line two days later and goods on 1 December. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was absorbed into the Grand Junction Railway on 8 August 1845.

Subject
Railways
Conditions governing access
Open access.
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