London Road , Manchester
Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait 1819 - 1905
Summary
View of mid-nineteenth century Manchester along London Road, displaying a busy midday market street, receeding into the distance. Street venders lines the pavements selling fruit, pedestrians walk along the pavement either buying goods or conversing with others, hounds and horses pull marketable goods through the streets on carts, men walk with wheelbarrows along the road. Tall chimneys emit smoke into the bright sky, the road is lined either side with houses.
Object Name
London Road , Manchester
Creators Name
Date Created
1844-1850
Dimensions
unframed: 61cm x 86cm
framed: 82.3cm x 108cm
accession number
2007.72
Place of creation
Manchester
Support
canvas
Medium
oil paint
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