The Slate Mine

Print. The Slate Mine. / P.J. de Loutherbourg R.A. pinxt.; [J.C.] Stadler sculpt. - Published 10 April 1800, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall [London]. - Aquatint, col.; image 43.2x61.5cm on sheet 49.8x [trimmed to] 65cm. - Some handcolouring. - Landscape setting for scene of labourers in the slate industry; quarry, wagons, wheelbarrows, men turning slate panels, picks. - After the oil painting by Loutherbourg, A slate quarry near Rydell[=Rydal] Water, Cumberland, exhibited Royal Academy London 1785 (cat.171)