{"product_id":"descriptive-mining-drawings-1935-by-c-w-brown","title":"Descriptive Mining Drawings Composition 1935 by C W Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescriptive Mining Drawings Composition 1935\u003c\/em\u003e is an original black-and-white mining artwork by Charles William Brown, known as C W Brown and “The Potteries Primitive”. Combining watercolour wash, black ink and graphite, this signed composition brings together several labelled studies of underground coal-mining labour and equipment on a single sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScenes and details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Somerset-Carting-Boy”\u003c\/strong\u003e shows a bare-chested miner pulling a put loaded with coal, while a second miner stands at the coalface with a pike. The figures are illuminated by their helmet lamps; rising smoke suggests oil or candle lighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Put Jigging”\u003c\/strong\u003e includes the labels “PUT”, “Incline” and “Wooden Rails”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Horse Gin”\u003c\/strong\u003e includes the labels “Hauling Guss”, “Waist Band” and “Hand Hauling”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work is signed and dated 1935 in graphite towards the lower-left corner on the front. There is no writing on the reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Descriptive Mining Drawings Composition 1935.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtist: C W Brown (Charles William Brown).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Watercolour wash, black ink and graphite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage size: 35.5 × 25.5 cm, approximately 14 × 10 inches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresentation: Unframed. Framing is available on request.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown worked as a mine safety manager during the 1930s and 1940s. This composition may have been used in his mine-safety teaching, although that use has not been confirmed. Its labelled scenes offer a detailed record of mining methods and equipment in a pre-war work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA substantial collection of Brown’s work was donated to The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent. \u003cem\u003eDescriptive Mining Drawings Composition 1935\u003c\/em\u003e offers collectors an original example of his interest in underground mining labour and machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C W Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59019620548989,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9705\/files\/2026-10-3113.58.56-1-Watermark.jpg?v=1793457298","url":"https:\/\/www.barewall.co.uk\/products\/descriptive-mining-drawings-1935-by-c-w-brown","provider":"Barewall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}