Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Title:
Unloading Pit Props at Coalbrookdale
Date:
after 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (21.6 x 19.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1244
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
genre subject | wagons | carts | unloading | men | loading | coal mine | mine | trees | smoke | coal | props | working | coal pits | pit props (coal mining) | logs | labor | horses (animals) | resting
Associated Places:
Shropshire | Coalbrookdale | Europe | United Kingdom | England
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

A View from the Iron Bridge - Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1979-08-25 - 1979-11-17)
Publications:
Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 179-180, no. V.4, pl. 152, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10549