Flying Scotsman and King George V Locomotives
ArtistDrawn by
Richard Welling
American, 1926 - 2009
Date1969
MediumDrawing; black marker on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 16 1/2 x 14in. (41.9 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the London and North Eastern Railway's steam engine, Flying Scotsman, with its tender car, marked 4472. Below it is the Great Western Railway's King George V, another steam engine and tender car.
Object number2012.284.6081
MarkingsVerso, bottom right, stamped in gray ink: "The Estate of / RICHARD / WELLING" [in box]InscribedRecto, top right edge, handwritten in pencil: "41"Bottom right edge, handwritten in pencil: "51"NotesSubject Note: The King George appeared in Baltimore in 1927 to celebrate the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centennial. When the Flying Scotsman visited Hartford in 1969, an article in the Hartford Courant recalled this earlier visit. Richard Welling's drawings accompanied this article.
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- Richard Welling Collection
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Traffic Department, New Haven, Connecticut
1915-1929
