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Image: Christopher Blackett

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Description: Christopher Blackett (1751-1829) Squire of Wylam, Northumberland, 1800-1829. The original is in the Science Museum collection; the volume with the reproduction is in the collection of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers and has been used with their permission. The portrait clearly dates from before the subject's death in 1829; had the author lived another 100 years, the copyright on the portrait would have expired in 1999.
Title: Christopher Blackett
Credit: "Where Railways Were Born" by Philip R B Brooks, 1975, ISBN 0950464627
Author: Unknown author, pre-1830
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

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