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Coal Gatherers on the Banks of the Tyne at South Shields

image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art | All Rights Reserved

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John Durrant (active 1790-1830)

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Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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Pen and grey ink and washes over traces of pencil on laid paper. Captain John Durrant (fl.1790-1830) was a highly skilled amateur artist and army officer who was stationed at Portchester Castle between 1803 and 1813. He was also stationed at Dover, Gosport and Colchester during his career. An ability to sketch was a prized asset in the armed forces in the days before photography and Durrant is likely to have trained in the art of topographical draughtsmanship at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich where Paul Sandby, R.A. (1730-1809) taught until 1796. An album of over hundred drawings by him is in the collection of Hampshire council.

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

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South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

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