The Black Country

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A miner is going to work with a lamp hanging from one shoulder and a coal pick slung over the other

In the Black Country.

Artist

Name:: Besson, Jules Gustave
Dates:: 1868-19??
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Cleveland Museum of Art

Periodical

Title:: L'Estampe Moderne, vol. 2 (May 1898-April 1899)
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: Paris: Imprimerie Champenois, [ca. 1899]

Description:

A coal miner is seen from the side going to work with his lamp hanging from one shoulder and his coal pick slung over the other while washerwomen are busy in the background.

The caption reads in the original French: Au pays noir.

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