View of Huddersfield
Artist: William Cowen (1797 - 1861)
Location: Huddersfield Art Gallery
Date: 1849
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 71 x 141 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £12,265)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3437 (1989)
Provenance:
Commissioned by the Ramsden family.
Description:
The artist's viewpoint is close to Longley Hall, the Ramsden family home. The picture shows the smoking chimneys and flourishing mills of Huddersfield at the peak of its industrial power and prosperity.
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