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This item was a supplement to the February 1892 issue of "Locomotive Engineering," which was "a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock, " published in New York. The print, which illustrated an article entitled, "Historic Locomotives: The First Engine with a Steel Boiler Built in America," was "made directly from a large colored drawing of this, now historical, locomotive" (p. 40).
The J. Ottmann Lithographic Co. was founded in 1886 when Jacob Ottmann, a German immigrant, took over the New York City firm of Mayer, Merket, & Ottmann, following the retirement of Vincent Mayer and August Merkel. Renaming the company, J. Ottmann Lithographic Co., Jacob Ottmann expanded the business and moved to 39 E. Houston Street to the Puck Building. Ottmann died in 1890 and his brother, William Ottmann, assumed the presidency of the company.

Sotheby's inventory no. P593

Inscription: l.c.; The First Locomotive With A Steel Boiler / Designed by Richard Eaton, Locomotive Sup't. / Built by the Great Western Railway of Canada / at Hamilton Ontario, 1861.