Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 8 1/4 inches (12.7 x 21 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.733
Gallery Label:
Despite its rural and mountainous landscapes, and the deep associations with the past that made Wales so attractive to English artists, it was an increasingly urbanized, industrial, and technologically advanced society. Smith’s unusual image of a slate quarry, its starkly jagged lines juxtaposed with the softly rolling hills in the background, recalls how important were raw materials, such as coal and slate, to industrial processes worldwide. Gallery label for the Art in Focus: Wales(Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
