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- Title:
A View near Matlock, Derbyshire with Figures Working beneath a Wooden Conveyor
- Former Title(s):
An engine to draw water out of a lead mine near Matlock, Bath, Derbyshire
L'Aqueduc d'une mine de charbon pres de Matlock Bath, Derbyshire
- Date:
- 1785
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 35 5/8 x 57 inches (90.5 x 144.8 cm), Frame: 48 x 69 1/2 x 4 inches (121.9 x 176.5 x 10.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown paint, lower left: "PI de Loutherbourg 1785."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.225
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.225FR
- Subject Terms:
- banks | barrel | bridge (built work) | building | conveyor | house | labor | landscape | man | river | rocks (landforms) | stream | woman | wooden | workers
- Associated Places:
- Derbyshire | Derwent | England | Matlock | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:735
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