Thursday, August 01, 2024

Pitmen playing quoits Henry Perlee Parker 1837

 


From here Engraved and printed by Thomas Fairland (1804–1852); Published by Charles Tilt (1797–1861) London and Currie & Bowman Newcastle upon Tyne (Robert Benson Bowman (1808–1882). One of several versions worked by Parker on the theme of the local north east mining community and pitmen at play between 1836 and 1840.