Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks)

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857 - 1947)

Penlee House Gallery and Museum

circa 1908

This large oil sketch shows Johnny Payne Cotton beating copper under the watchful eye of John D Mackenzie. Forbes was the founder of the Newlyn School which had close links with the Copper-workers school. The classes were established to give the local young men instruction in a craft that would provide them with an occupation to replace the jobs that had disappeared with the decline of the Cornish tin and copper mining industry.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 76 x 61 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2500 ( Total: £17,840)
• ArtFunded in: 1989
• Vendor: David Lay, The Penzance Auction House

Provenance

Private collection; David Lay, The Penzance Auction House.

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