John Cooke Bourne

John Cooke Bourne
John Cooke Bourne, late 19th c.
Born(1814-09-01)1 September 1814
London, England
Died1896 (1897) (aged 81)
Brentford, England
NationalityBritish
Sonning Cutting, close to the scene of an accident in 1842 caused by a slip in the bank. Workmen are repairing bank-slips on the southern side of the cutting at left. Print by JC Bourne published in 1846.

John Cooke Bourne (1 September 1814 – February 1896) was a British artist, engraver and photographer,[1] best known for his lithographs showing the construction of the London and Birmingham Railway and the Great Western Railway.

His set of prints were each published as separate book, and became classic representations of the construction of the early railways. Prints were often hand coloured for a vivid picture of events.

  1. ^ John Hannavy (2013) Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography.. p. 196.