Lot 1853
DAVID HALL McKEWAN (1816-1873)
A STEAM TRAIN ON THE OTTOMAN RAILWAY
Signed and dated 1859, watercolour and pencil heightened with white
65.5 x 122.5cm.
Provenance: These rooms, April 28th, 1988, lot 60 (£2000). The picture was formerly in the collection of Thomas Russell Crampton (1816-1888), a distinguished railway engineer. Crampton was a consultant during the building of the Ottoman railways in the 1850's. He also gave his name to `Crampton's Patent` in the field of steam engine design and received a gold medal at the Great Exhibition in 1851 for his locomotive `The Liverpool`.
The Ottoman Railway Company was established in 1856 and the first section to be completed was opened in October 1858. Building work continued until 1912 but the company was acquired by the Republic of Turkey in 1935. The line ran from Smyrna to Egridir.
