View of a colliery at the edge of a town

Attributed to George Price Boyce British
Formerly attributed to John Ruskin British

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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.

View of a colliery at the edge of a town, Attributed to George Price Boyce (British, London 1826–1897 London), Watercolor over graphite on card

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