Portrait Bust of Richard Trevithick

Neville Northey Burnard1859

National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom

Plaster bust of the engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, after an original by the sculptor Neville Northey Burnard, made in about 1859. Trevithick (1771 - 1833) developed the first high pressure steam engine, the first working railway steam locomotive and a steam-powered road vehicle. The original bust, by fellow Cornishman Burnard (1818 - 1878), is in the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro.

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Title: Portrait Bust of Richard Trevithick
Creator: Neville Northey Burnard
Date Created: 1859
Physical Dimensions: overall: 58.42 x 43.18 x 22.86 cm
Type: portrait bust
Rights: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
External Link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co210993
Medium: plaster

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