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The Lime Tree

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of the lime tree in the garden at the New Bath, Matlock, much propped up, with a mother interrupted from her reading and happy child seated underneath it. It is dated 14th June 1828.

Lime Tree in the Garden at the New Bath, Matlock

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil drawing of an enormous tree in a garden with a lily pond, outhouse, gardener and bench, on buff paper, dated 14th June 1828.

From the Road opposite the Old Bath, Matlock

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a watercolour of the street view into Matlock, with a woman seated in the middle of the road talking to a man. It is dated 14th June 1828.

From a window at the New Bath, Matlock

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a watercolour with pencil drawing of the street view into Matlock, dated 12th June 1928.

Matlock Bath

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil and colour wash drawing of the main street of Matlock Bath, viewed from the Derby approach. In the foreground, the artist with the child is likely to be Mary Twopenny herself.  It is dated 7th June 1828.

The High Tor and entrance of the side mine, Matlock

17th October 2020 by

This piece is from a sketchbook by Mary Twopenny that captures her various trips around Derbyshire. It is a pencil and colour wash drawing looking upriver towards High Tor with a footbridge across the river to mine buildings under the cliff. Mine workers can be seen sitting on decking or the sluice. It is dated 13th June 1828.

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