A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?).

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1853
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473339i
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A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Sir Rowland Hill was commissioner for the railways as well as the inventor of the penny post

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London

Physical description

1 print : Engraving

Lettering

The effect of a post-age. - An Oliver for a Rowland. The lettering is a pun upon "A Roland for an Oliver"

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Wellcome Collection 473339i

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