The Art of Mining: Thomas Hair's Watercolours of the Great Northern Coalfield

About this book

A collection of Thomas Harrison Hair's watercolours of the Great Northern Coalfield. Forty-two watercolour and ink drawings depicting mining scenes throughout the North East of England executed between 1828 and 1842 approximately. These drawings were preparatory works for illustrations (etchings) for a book written by T H Hair entitled 'Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham', published in 1844.

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