Though it is unidentified, the foundry in the present watercolour calls to mind Edward Bawden’s interest in traditional industrial buildings and processes. In 1956, for instance, he made a painting trip with John Nash and Carel Weight to Ironbridge, Shropshire, known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. A year or two earlier, he may have had first-hand experience of a working foundry, as the result of designing cast iron garden furniture that was produced at Bilston Foundries in Wolverhampton. This work is characteristically and beautifully designed while conveying a strong sense of atmosphere, indeed so much so that one can almost feel the heat of furnaces.
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