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Gold Mines, county of Wicklow

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Date

1804

Artist

Print after Thomas Sautelle Roberts (1760-1826)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3103266

Additional Makers

Print maker - John Bluck

Description

Landscape with men digging and sifting for gold in the foreground, smoke rising from cottages beyond, mountain in the background, partly obscured by clouds. 1804. Hand-coloured aquatint.

Inscription

Lettered below image with title, description of mining activities, production detail: "T. Sautell Roberts delt.", J. Bluck fecit" and publication line: "London: Published as the Act directs 19th. May, 1804"

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Country

Republic of Ireland

Medium

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Mining
Mountains

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