"John Bull" Locomotive Engine

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

United States National Museum

United States National Museum Dept. of Arts and Industries

Notes

For more information see the Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1885, p. 31-32. There are also other representations of this object in this folder, notably negative number 33196.

Summary

Etching of the "John Bull" locomotive engine, which was built in 1831 in England and used through 1861. This artifact was acquired by John Elfreth Watkins, honorary curator of the section of steam transportation in the Division of Arts and Industries of the United States National Museum, in 1885.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 54, Folder: 8

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1885

Standard number

14293 or MAH-14293

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 9 1/2w x 5 1/2h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

National Collections

John Bull (Steam locomotive)

United States National Museum

Artifacts

Transportation

Railroads--Trains

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9739