View of Reading from the Great Western Railway embankment at Kennet Mouth, c. 1840. The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway is not yet constructed. There is a horse-drawn barge on the river. The water tower is visible, as are St. Mary's, St. Laurence's and St. James's Churches. The unconventional railway track is visible. A train has just crossed the bridge. 1840-1849 : reproduction of the print, which was drawn by William Fletcher and engraved by W. Newman, and published by John Snare, with the title, "View of Reading from the Railway, near the Kennet's Mouth." The reproduction was published in 1975 by Reading Libraries in "Mary Mitford's Reading, " a portfolio of six prints