© The Piper Estate
Coalport, Salop
Artist: John Piper (1903 - 1992)
Location: Jackfield Tile Museum
Date: undated (circa 1951)
Materials: gouache, pen & ink
Dimensions: 32 x 42cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £11,500 (Total: £12,500)
Vendor: Fine Art Society
Review number: 5982 (2007)
Provenance:
This work has been vetted by the Art Loss Register and LSAD database in 2007.
Description:
Despite the title of this work, the view is actually taken from Coalport looking south over the river to Jackfield. Behind Jackfield Church, the former Craven Dunnill tile works can be seen, in which Ironbridge Gorge Museum's Jackfield Tile Museum is now located. Piper visited the area with John Betjeman when preparing text and copy for 'A Shell Guide to Shropshire' in 1951.
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