On the River Brun
Philip Gilbert Hamerton 1834 - 1894
Summary
An engraved wooden printing block, used for the illustration on page 143 of PG Hamerton's book 'The Isles of Loch Awe and Other Poems of My Youth'. It shows a bend in a river running round stone blocks and boulders, and overhung with sinuous branches. 'On the River Brun', the ninth illustration of 16 in the book, is described as follows: 'The river Brun passes through Burnley (anciently Brunlay), nearer its source it passes Hurstwood'.
Object Name
On the River Brun
Creators Name
Date Created
1855 (published)
Dimensions
object: 11.5cm x 8.9cm
accession number
1918.356.3
Collection Group
Place of creation
London
Medium
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
