Sensational inheritance: Portrait of Germany's first train driver discovered - long considered lost. The painting measures about seven by five and a half centimeters - but its historical value is enormous.
William Wilson, also known as the “tall Englishman”, came from Newcastle to Nuremberg on the Adler locomotive in 1835. He was a pioneer of rail transport in Franconia and was a crowd favorite in the city. Wilson became ill in 1842 and died in 1862 at the age of 52.