'A Large Copper-Smelting Works at Swansea (Perhaps the Copper Works at Landore on the River Tawe, North of Swansea)', Philip James De Loutherbourg | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Philip James De Loutherbourg (1740‑1812)

Title

A Large Copper-Smelting Works at Swansea (Perhaps the Copper Works at Landore on the River Tawe, North of Swansea)

Date 1786 or 1800

MediumPen and ink and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 80 x 119 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D36374

Turner Bequest CCCLXXII 16

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