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 Coloured Lithograph
Viaduct of the London, Brighton & south coast railway, Brighton: The village of Preston in the foreground
By Richard Henry Nibbs
Published 18 November 1846


paper
h281 x w385 mm
Fine Art (FA208094)
Not on display

Themes:

TrainSpotting, Brighton Museum
TrainSpotting Label

The print well conveys the way the railway destroyed the order and tranquillity of the countryside by the 'invasion of land'. The train thundering through the still rural village of Preston forms a poignant juxtaposition of past and future.



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