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Tullie House Museum : 1968.16.5
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Drawing, Harraby Cut, Carlisle in the Distance, Looking West, Newcastle and Carisle Railway, Cumberland, by John Wilson Carmichael, 1835.
Summertime; in centre foreground two men, one sitting whilst the other stands, pause at the top of a steep railway cutting; several figures below walk along the tracks which have been laid. To left of composition lies wooded countryside; to right lies a distant view of Carlisle.
Carmichael executed 22 pencil drawings of the construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway at the suggestion of the Rail Company.
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No 5
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Harraby Cut Carlisle in the distance. Looking West
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