Title: The Art of Mining
Description: A collection of Thomas Harrison Hair's watercolours of the Great Northern Coalfield. 

Forty-two watercolour and ink drawings depicting mining scenes throughout the North East of England executed between 1828 and 1842 approximately. 

These drawings were preparatory works for illustrations (etchings) for a book written by T H Hair entitled 'Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham', published in 1844.
Subjects: Newcastle, mining, painting
Places: Newcastle
People: Thomas Harrison Hair
Time periods: 1828-1842