Materials:
Paper, Ink, Pen
Physical Object Description:
Wadsworth's drawing shows a gas works in the Midlands - the logo on the trucks is that of the Midlands Railway. The main building is a retort house, where gas was extracted from coal, and the barrels being loaded onto the trucks would have contained tar - a by-product of gas production.- from the Whitworth collection website
Dimensions:
14.7 x 20.1 cm
Accession Number:
D.1927.26
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927
Ownership history:
Gifted by Sidney Schiff (1868-1944) to Contemporary Art Society, 1926; by whom presented to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1927