THE PRESENT TIME

60 Miles an Hour

Reference Number:- Sprake Number:- Godden Number:-
st 488 STG196 51
 

Carriages in red and green:-
The Present Time - with 2 and a quarter carriages
the image of this silk picture was kindly donated by John Hartwig, USA
 
Carriages in red and brown:-
The Present Time - with 2 and a quarter carriages

Words:
Woven on silk:-
 

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
WOVEN IN SILK BY THOMAS STEVENS, STEVENGRAPH WORKS, COVENTRY.

The Present Time.
60 MILES AN HOUR.

Size:
Card-mount:
13.1cm deep by 20.8cm wide

silk:
5.9cm high by 13.9cm wide

Comments:
by Austin Sprake:
A L.N.W.R [London and North Western Railway] engine and two and a quarter carriages emerging from under a bridge on the right. Train travelling from right to left. Signals on left-hand side, and red flowering shrubs in foreground. 

by Geoffrey Godden:
This is a totally different train from the early LORD HOWE one, previously listed [see st480 on this web site]. Here, a low engine with separate coal-tender and two and a third coaches is travelling from right to left, approaching signals; and a scenic background has been introduced, with a bridge near the right-hand edge.
This version first occurs on type B2 or B3 card-mounts of about 1887 but is more commonly found on post-1888 type C card-mounts [the image above is of a type B2 card-mount]. With the early runs of this subject, the woven design measures only 5 3/10 inches [13.5cm] in length - so it does not completely fill a standard-size window. Later versions were 'stretched' slightly, and on these the silk design is at least 5 1/2 inches [14.0cm] in length.

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New image and comments added 15 March 2004, and image replaced 23 November 2014. Image of red and brown carriages added 21 May 2015

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