Thomas Allom, Lymington Iron Works, on the Tyne c. 1835

This small (9.7 × 15.5 cm) drawing by Thomas Allom (1804–72) engraved in steel by James Sands (1811–41) depicts foundrymen at the iron works of Messrs Bulmer and Company in Lymington (now Lemington) in the west end of Newcastle-upon-Tyne [1]. In 1832, Allom toured the English northern counties making sketches commissioned by Henry Fisher, Son and Co. to provide drawings for a publication, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland Illustrated to be published in monthly instalments at 1s (5p) each between 1832 and 1835 [2].

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