Drawing
Object number2013.41.5
Artist
Jonathan Ord
Date1879
MediumPaper; Cardboard; Watercolor; Ink
Credit LineGift of George Westinghouse IV
DescriptionLine drawing with watercolors on paper with cardboard backing. Right-facing locomotive on railroad tracks, and on the front of the boiler is photograph of a right-facing man that has been attached and incorporated into the machinery. Text throughout drawing, and is signed in bottom right corner.
Dimensions16.75 x 34.3119 in. (42.5 x 87.2 cm)SignedBottom right corner: "JONATHAN ORD 1879".
InscriptionsBetween the back driving wheels is an air brake with a sign that reads "WESTINGHOUSE / PATENT".
On the cylinder is a sign that reads "P.F.W&C.R.W CO".
In the bottom left corner is printed "DRAUGHTSMAN."
Historical NotesColor drawing of steam locomotive on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad outfitted with a Westinghouse air brake, c. 1875.
Related institution
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Related person
George Westinghouse Jr.
(1846 - 1914)
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