The earliest picture of quarrying in Derbyshire? In February the museum bought a small eighteenth-century watercolour from Chiswick Auctions in London. We don’t know who painted it or when, and its title, ‘Limestone Quarry, Derbyshire’ is somewhat ambiguous. It is however, the earliest picture of limestone quarrying that the museum owns. It is perhaps the […]
Limestone Quarry, Derbyshire
Smithys Cottage, Buxton, Peak District 