Limited Edition Signed and Numbered Giclee Print

Edition of 50

Size Framed: 345mm x 395mm

Additional notes:

This steam powered self propulsion unit utilises an early form of roller skates, and it was the previously mentioned servant who was the unfortunate test pilot on the initial trial.

Apparently it didn't end well. Although the first 100yards were covered in a record time, failure to negotiate the first bend encountered resulted in the pilot hitting a stone wall at an estimated forty miles an hour.

Dr Crighton however considered this to be a great success and it should be noted that he and my great grandfather generously continued to pay the servant at half rate until his broken leg got better and he was able to return to duties. Unfortunately no amount of threats or bribery would convince the servant to don the apparatus again, and of course due to his permanent limp this meant that their correspondence travelled at a much slower rate than before. Eventually in frustration, Dr Crighton and my great grandfather agreed to buy him a horse, which he promptly fell off and this time broke his neck. Luckily for everyone concerned, a replacement servant was quickly found, who turned out to be both an excellent skater and an accomplished horseman.