Brief description: Black and white photograph of a window depicting the Skeat Stephenson Engine. Designed at the Goddard and Gibbs studio, London
This photograph depicts a window by prolific stained glass artist Francis Skeat (1909-2000). The window faithfully recreates a scale drawing of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway Class G 2-2-2 locomotive Number 329, named ""Stephenson"". '2-2-2' refers to the wheel configuration. ""Stephenson"" went into service in December 1909 and withdrew in May 1914, the last Class G in service. It was named after George Stephenson (1781-1848), a working-class inventor from Northumberland credited as the foremost pioneer of British rail travel and the inventor of the standard rail gauge used worldwide. This type of train was designed by William Stroudley (1833-1889), a pioneering rail engineer, in 1874. Stroudley was the locomotive superintendent of LB&SCR. Goddard & Gibbs job number 21/4157/B, Leen 7496. Goddard & Gibbs, founded from a merger of Walter Gibbs & Sons and Goddard's Glass Works in 1938, were prominent makers of stained glass for the international market and also conserved and restored glass.
Object type: photographic material photograph
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 6.1959
Production period: 20th century
Manufacturer: Goddard and Gibbs
Dimensions: Height: 150 mm, Width: 200 mm
Acquisition: gift 18.3.2025
Acquisition source: Ratcliffe, S
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:2025.4.31
