Model of a railway locomotive, set on tracks. [DCF Court Team 31/3/2003]

Collection type: Object
Description: Model of a railway locomotive, set on tracks. [DCF Court Team 31/3/2003]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: European
Person: Maker Mr Madan's Uncle; Field collector Arthur Cornwallis Madan; PRM source Arthur Cornwallis Madan
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 721 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.59.1
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 33 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Handmade working model of the Eagle, a locomotive of the London & North Western Railway.' [JC 8 10 2004]