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An Interior View of the Devon Haytor Granite Quarries

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Date

1825

Artist

Joseph Cartwright (c. 1789-1829)

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https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co66461/an-interior-view-of-the-devon-haytor-granite-quarries-print

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Print. An Interior View of the Devon Haytor Granite Quarries. / From an original painting by J. Cartwright Esqr. ; Engraved by Robt Havell Junr. London, Published July 1825, for the Proprieter by R. Havell, 79, Newman Street, Oxford Street. Aquatint, col.; image 22.3x35.2cm, on sheet cut to platemark 32x43.5 cm. Scene with men working in the quarries, at the walls or hewing and shaping blocks of granite for lifting by pulleys onto horsedrawn chassis for transport by wagonway
Additional Makers: Engraved and published by Robert Havell
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CC BY-NC-SA

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Courtesy of the Science Museum

Location

Haytor Quarry, Newton Abbot, England

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