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This is a section of a mural showing two wheels with their attendant 'turners' and four women in two pairs slowly walking backwards and spinning the twine from the tow cloth tied around their waists. A canopy of 'withy' trees is overhead through which the blue sky appears and the bright colours of the women’s clothes contrast against the white boundary wall. Perhaps the most notable spinner in those days was Maria Bragg, whose raucous voice might have been heard all over the town. To aid the artist in his interpretation, a temporary spinning walk was set up at North Mills where Mr White sat at the wheel while Mrs White, the last of the Bridport hand-spinners, spun twine.

Bridport Town Hall

Bridport

Title

A Spinning or Ropewalk

Date

1924–1927

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 90 x W 181 cm (E)

Accession number

PCF10

Acquisition method

presented by the artist, 1924–1927

Work type

Painting

Bridport Town Hall

East Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3HA England

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Artist or maker

Francis Henry Newbery

1855–1946

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