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A Rare and Important Large-Scale Drawing of the "Onward, Locomotive Engine"

Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
Made by Hinkley & Williams (Boston).
Signed and dated: Alban Andren, 1869.
Pen, ink, watercolor, applied gilt and on mounted photograph on paper.
Oak Frame.
Condition: Excellent condition, minor toning and imperfections.
In addition to being an accomplished artist, Alban Andren was also a “Solicitor of Patents, and Constructing Engineer” who by 1870 was operating from 4 Liberty Square, Boston and offering help to anyone who wished to apply for a patent. The US Patent office record a number of innovations registered by him in a period up to the end of the century.

The date on the drawing is confirmed by the fact that the firm of Hinkley & Williams only operated under that name from 1864 until 1872. The mainstay of the firm was the self-taught inventor Holmes Hinkley (1793-1866). “The company got its start in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1831. Holmes Hinkley and his partner Daniel F. Child founded the Boston Machine Works and soon built the third stationary steam engine that was constructed in Massachusetts. The company’s first locomotive was a 4-2-0 built in 1840 that followed the roughly standard designs of the 1830s. Hinkley’s early locomotives closely resembled those designed by John Souther.
Provenance: Donald Heald, New York, NY, Peter Tillou, Private Collection.

More Information

Origin:	United States, Massachusetts
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Pen and ink on paper
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1869
Styles / Movements:	Other
Dealer Reference #:	WoA-WoP-WCPI 005
Incollect Reference #:	187281

Dimensions

W.	53.5 in;	H.	37.75 in;
W.	135.89 cm;	H.	95.89 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.

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