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Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks)

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, c. 1908

© the artist's estate. All Rights Reserved 2010 / Bridgeman Art Library

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks), c. 1908

Date supported

1989

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

76 x 61 cm

Grant

2500

Total cost

17840

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