Brighton South Signal Cabin

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Brighton South Signal Cabin
Datec. 1870
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 17 9/16 in. (38.7 × 44.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 17 9/16 in. (38.7 × 44.6 cm)
Mount: 16 3/4 × 20 1/8 in. (42.5 × 51.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by W. Burt Nelson in memory of Robert Edward Burt
Object number2019.12
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“The distances which separated the different nations and parts of the globe are rapidly vanishing before the achievements of modern invention,” declared Prince Albert in 1850. With its rushing perspective, this photograph of the newly installed 240-lever frame that controlled signals along the route of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway evokes the speed of modern travel and attests to the dense web of track that increasingly wove together the disparate parts of Great Britain in the late 19th century.


ProvenancePrivate collection; [Lee Gallery, Winchester, Massachusetts, March 1, 2002]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center: Anonymous
Inscribed in pencil, verso, top right: V165

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