Arthur Ditchfield (1842-1888)
A View of the Nile, near Cairo
£6,800
Maudslay, Sons & Field
Portable Steam Engine, 1828
Pen and watercolour, signed TP and dated 1828
23 ½ x 35 ¾ inches
£4,800
Provenance
By descent in the Maudslay family to the present owner
The firm of Maudslay, Sons and Field was founded in 1798 by Henry Maudslay (1771-1831), father of the machine tool industry and one of the greatest engineers of the Industrial Revolution. He was succeeded by his son Joseph Maudslay (1801-1861) in partnership with Joshua Field. The business specialised in marine engines. The present drawing is by an unknown hand in Maudslay’s workshop, and is of a beam engine and low pressure Cornish boiler complete with tall iron chimney, combined as a unit and mounted on castors.