Description
‘Tis the most Wonderful Site in Nature.” Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) Study of a Volcanic Eruption – Peter Bower
An evaluation of an oil painting on paper, bought recently at auction as an unattributed work, which has now been attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby. The work undertaken to make this attribution is discussed, along with an overview of this artist’s work.
13 pages, 30 figures
Reading Victorian Rags: Recycling, Redemption, and Dickens’s Ragged Children –Deborah Wynne
Analysis of the rag industry in Victorian Britain, and of the poor population clothed in the most valuable raw material used at this time by the paper industry.
10.5 pages, 7 figures
A Wonderful Contraption – Peter Bower
Etching of a ‘book wheel’ – a device by which a scholar could consult multiple texts loaded onto several reading stands attached to the wheel – dating from 1588.
0.5 pages, 1 figure
Some of the Rag Women of Iping Mill, Midhurst, Sussex – Peter Bower
Photograph of rag women posing outside a building used for rag storage and sorting, at Iping Mill in Sussex, taken in 1916.
1 page, 1 figure
Book Review –Peter Bower
Formes et Formaire: Protocole de Description des Formes Papetieres Occidentales XVIIIth – XXth Siècles et Repetoire des Formaires en France XVIth – XIXth Siècles – Claire Bustarret
The NEWS
From Q116 The NEWS became an integral part of the journal, rather than an insert. This is The NEWS No.125.
4 pages
The Papermaking Industries of England and Wales during the Financial Crisis of 1825-1826 – Ian Dye
A detailed analysis (the article contains 340 references) of the UK economy in 1825-26, and the impact this had on bankruptcies in the paper industry.
14 pages, 3 figures
Paper in the Blitz: Paintings by War Artists – Peter Bower
Paintings by Graham Sutherland (1903-1980) and Anthony Goss (1905-1984) made during the Blitz (1940-41) illustrating the devastation caused by bombing paper mills and paper stores.
2.5 pages, 5 figures
Picturing Cromac Paper Mill Part three: 1850 onwards: the Mill disused and later images – Alison Muir
Cromac Paper Mill near Belfast has the rare distinction of having been portrayed by several different artists over a great many years. This three-part series describes each of these pictures, and relates how they chart the changes at the mill. This article, part three, describes the latter period, during which it ceased operation.
7 pages, 7 figures
