Burrows Road 1828
Theme : Art and Culture

This pencil drawing looks remarkably like the work of Thomas Baxter, however it is not signed and bears no original title. It is dated 1828 (on the wall of the building, centre foreground) which is seven years after Thomas Baxter's death. It also carries an impressed watermark which states 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1822' which is a year after the artist's death. But opinion remains divided, there are those that believe the date was added later, in error, and that the work is Baxter's. While there are those that think this is the work of one of Baxter's students. Morris and Wilstead explain in Thomas Baxter: the Swansea Years 1816-1819: "It will be remembered that he earned at least part of his living in Swansea as a drawing master and it may therefore be expected that at least some of the artists working locally after his days would show some of his influence in their work." (p.96) The view is of "Burrows Road (close to the Museum) with one of the large lodging houses and bathing establishments which were a feature of this area when Swansea was still a fashionable resort." (p.96)

This Item is located at The Museum Stores at Landore in the Stores