Painting - JOHN HALL COLLECTION: DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES

Historical information

BHS Collection

Physical description

Watercolour by John Hall. Gold frame, cream mount board.
Painting shows a minescape with many poppet heads and chimneys in middleground. Mine building in foreground has 'Duchess Tribute' written on side of shed. Mine dam in immediate foreground in front of mine buildings.

On back of frame, written on copy of image that painting was taken from: 'Devonshire Group of Mines, Snob's Hill and Mungo Mines in background.
Written across bottom from LH side ' Duchess Tribute, West United Devonshire, Phoenix, Duchess of Edinburgh, United Devonshire, South Devonshire.'

Inscriptions & markings

John Hall, Eaglehawk

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