{"product_id":"the-waggoner-1945-by-c-w-brown","title":"Drawing showing work of a Waggoner 1945 by C W Brown","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrawing showing the work of a Waggoner\u003c\/em\u003e by Charles William Brown, known as C W Brown and “The Potteries Primitive”, is an original black-and-white graphite mining drawing, signed and dated 1945. This wartime work depicts a bare-chested miner pushing a tub full of coal along a flat underground track, wearing a safety helmet fitted with a miner’s lamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown described this role as “A Waggoner” in other works. Here, his pencil drawing records the physical work of moving coal underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drawing is signed and dated in graphite towards the lower right of the front. There is no title or description on the reverse. \u003cem\u003eA Drawing showing the work of a Waggoner 1945\u003c\/em\u003e is the descriptive title assigned by the gallery, rather than a title inscribed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: A Drawing showing the work of a Waggoner 1945, by C W Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium: Pencil and graphite on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage size: 28 cm × 19 cm \/ approximately 11\" × 7.5\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnframed. Framing is available on request.\u003c\/p\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 drawing may have been used in his mine-safety teaching, although that use has not been confirmed.\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. This drawing offers an opportunity to collect an original work by the artist depicting a waggoner and the everyday labour of coal mining.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C W Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59012650631549,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9705\/files\/2026-10-3016.34.02-2.jpg?v=1793460359","url":"https:\/\/www.barewall.co.uk\/products\/the-waggoner-1945-by-c-w-brown","provider":"Barewall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}