Since 1790, the Cotswold Canals have been a popular subject for local artists. In this section, we aim to showcase that work through the ages. If you have an image of the canals (not a photo), please email it to: canals@stroud.gov.uk
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- (Below) View of Wallbridge - artist unknown
- Ebley Cloth Mills - Daniel Newland Smith (1791 - 1839)
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| View of Wallbridge, Stroud, c.1790s, artist unknown |
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View the above image in full screen Above: The painting shows Wallbridge in about 1790, at a time when wool was spun and woven into cloth in the small cottages where people lived. These were the days before large machinery was housed in huge mills such as Ebley. The new Thames & Severn Canal has just arrived and connected to the older Stroudwater Canal. The artist would have been sitting in fields along what is now Cainscross Road, somewhere close to Homebase. The canal in the picture is the Thames and Severn Canal, opened in 1789 which joined with the Stroudwater Canal (opened 1779) beside the lower wharf at Wallbridge. Reproduced by kind permission of Stroud District (Cowle) Museum Trust
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The museum in the Park is currently showing a foyer exhibtion on the Cotswold Canals Project, see the link below.
Mini-Foyer Exhibition - Cotswold Canals Project - - 1 July - 20 September 2009
