The New Steam Carriage
Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker
Henry Pyall
(English, 1795 - 1833)
Printer
Thomas McClean
(London, England)
Date1828
MediumHand colored etching
Dimensions14 11/16 × 13 13/16 in. (37.3 × 35.1 cm)
Other (Framed): 12 3/4 × 17 in. (32.4 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LinePurchased by University Museums. In the Farm House Museum Collection, Farm House Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number80.6.2
Status
On viewCollections
CultureEnglish
Label TextThe 19th century was a period of rapid global change. Almost daily, the public was introduced to new inventions that reshaped the way people lived, worked, and traveled. While newspapers quickly spread the news of these developments, even overseas, it was lithography that allowed people to see them with their own eyes. Lithographic prints made technological progress tangible, bringing striking images of steam trains, early automobiles, and even inventions like the “Ariel Carriage” into homes, schools, and public spaces across the world. These prints not only documented innovation but also fueled public fascination with what was possible such as a potential “Ariel Carriage”. In an age of accelerating change, lithography helped bridge the gap between imagination and reality.
https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/lithography-in-the-nineteenth-century
T. Devonshire Jones, ‘Ackerman’s “Repository” 1809-28’, British Art Journal, XI, no. 1, 69-74
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Farm House Museum
Object Name: Print
Alice Standish Buell
1940s
Object number: 74.13.56
Object Name: Bas Relief design for Plaquette / Medal
Christian Petersen
1912-1914
Object number: UM99.54
