Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing

1844–77
Not on view
Ogle here represents a country train station with an oriel window and half-timbering on the end wall. Beneath a roof at right figures wait for a train while a horse drawn carriage approachs on a road at right with a spired church in the distance. At left, a signal man holds a red flag.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing
  • Artist: John Connell Ogle (British, 1813–1877 London)
  • Date: 1844–77
  • Medium: Watercolo, pen and ink
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 18 1/2 in. (30.8 × 47 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
  • Object Number: 2018.839.9
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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