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Artist
R. & E. Taylor (Firm)    wikidata:Q63676920
 
Alternative names
R. and E. Taylor (Firm)‏; Taylor (Firm)‏; Taylor, Richard (and Edward); R. Taylor & Company; R.T.; R. Taylor & Co.; R. Taylor & Son
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q63676920
After Thomas Dewell Scott  (1828–1911)  wikidata:Q55234307
 
After Thomas Dewell Scott
Alternative names
Thomas Scott; T.D. Scott; TS; T.S.; T. S.; T. D. Scott
Description British engraver, painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1828 Edit this at Wikidata 16 May 1911 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q55234307
after a photograph by a Mr. Peterson of Copenhagen
Author
The Illustrated London News. Author of the obituary unknown.
Description

Obituary of Robert William Thomson, Scottish engineer and inventor of the locomotive traction steam engine.

The text above his obituary is the end of Lord Ossington (John Evelyn Denison)'s obituary.
Date 29 March 1873
date QS:P571,+1873-03-29T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer The Illustrated London News
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