Aquatint, Lithograph, and the Instant · The Sporting Print
The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne
James Pollard, 1848 · oil on canvas
What it is
A mail coach dressed with flags sets out at Newcastle upon Tyne, signed and dated “J. Pollard | 1848”.
Why it matters
The title marks the end of the road coaches, and Pollard put the railway that replaced them in the background.
What to notice
Behind the team a train pulls a plume of smoke across the sky, and ships’ masts stand at the quay.
The road, giving way.
Provenance
- Maker
- James Pollard, 1848
- Era
- The Victorian Turf (1837–1901)
- Chapter
- The String at Full Stretch
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Made
- 1848
- Source
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the work’s own year of publication. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Wikimedia Commons licence tag, read 2026-11-01: PD-Art|PD-old-100-1923|deathyear=1867. The maker died in 1867.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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