View of a colliery at the edge of a town
This drawing describes a valley with coal mining machinery in the middle distance standing infront of houses, a church, and hill crowned by a castle. Colored washes use acid green, mauve, pink, dark green and brown to distinguish key forms, with graphite only applied to describe water running over rocks, and foreground flowers. On the basis of an inscription in the lower margin, this work was once attributed to John Ruskin. More recently, it has been connected to George Price Boyce who, from the mid-1860s, began to explore partially industrialized landscapes in County Durham in northeast England. In this he was encouraged by the ironmaster Isaac Lowthian Bell, a new patron.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of a colliery at the edge of a town
- Artist: Attributed to George Price Boyce (British, London 1826–1897 London)
- Former Attribution: John Ruskin (British, London 1819–1900 Brantwood, Cumbria)
- Date: 1865–75
- Medium: Watercolor over graphite
- Dimensions: sheet: 11 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.8 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2002
- Object Number: 2002.91
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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