Description
Mounted watercolour of a quarry, near the waters edge. A small island is visible in the background. It is signed in the bottom left ‘MC Gilchrist-Clark 1911’ A white sticky label is in the top left corner marked ‘Old quarry, Sark, Channel Islands MC Gilchrist-Clark’
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Courtesy of the National Trust Collection at Lacock Abbey
Location
Silver Mines, Little Sark, Channel Island of Sark, England
Country
England
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Little Sark was synonymous with silver mining between 1833-45. Mining sites were Le Pot, close to Pot Bay, Port es Saies, and Port Gorey. Granite quarries were on Guernsey.
