Watercolor Drawing of the H.E. Chamberlain Engine, Rutland Railroad, Presumed by William Linsley, c. 1870 calling cards and would look pretty cozy

and would look pretty cozy hung near a fireplace

despite the loss of his feet

the box is in great structural condition

) extremely intriguing

The fact that is is a mismatched pair makes me wonder if there were more where they came from

Watercolor Drawing of the H.E. Chamberlain Engine, Rutland Railroad, Presumed by William Linsley, c. 1870 calling cards and would look pretty cozyA little research led me to discover a collection of 46 watercolor illustrations of locomotives by William Linsley (Rutland, VT, 1851 1910) that are held in the collection of the Vermont Historical Society; I have included an image of one of those, of this same H. E. Chamberlain engine, and have to think this one was done by him as well perhaps in advance of a more polished final version. At the time of his death in 1910, Linsley was described as one