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EDWARD WILLIAM WYON (1811-1885), A MARBLE BUST PORTRAIT OF ROBERT STEPHENSON M.P. (1781-1848)DATED 1855Signed, dated and titled to reverse78cm highRobert Stephenson was the only son of George Stephenson, the Father of Railways, he worked alongside his father developing the designs and mechanical processes that produced the first steam locomotives. An engineer, surveyor and bridge builder, he became Member of Parliament for Whitby.This bust was originally housed at Euston Station and was transferred to the Clapham Railway Museum when the station was re-developed. It was then purchased by sealed tender in the mid-1960's and subsequently held in a private collection. Wyon seems to have created at least two versions of this portrait with another example from 1856 now held in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. It was obviously a popular subject and a bronze version was also cast - with an example now held in the Science Museum.