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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa

I've searched for this and couldn't find a thread - can't believe it's never been mentioned on here before.

The attached image is a panting by William Linton, painted around 1827. It's called "View of Broad Oak Printworks, near Accrington, Lancashire, with Broad Oak House beyond". As far as I can tell by searching online, it's currently held by Museum of the Lancashire Textile Industry and was sold to them for £9,560.

I also found this: "Another view of Broad Oak Printworks by William Linton, signed and dated 1827 and bought at that date by William Hargreaves of Broad Oak, was exhibited at the Royal Manchester Institution in 1827 as no. 40. Both pictures share a similar view-point, however the latter version has a fisherman and stream in the foreground." So there are at least two of these floating around somewhere.

Might be a picture of Broad Oak Printworks, but where the ell was the artist stood, when he painted that, what are the other factory chimneys in the back ground.
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