Painting
Museum
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Date
1853
Object Number
NLC 1999/3
Title

Gartsherrie By Night painting

Object Category
Art
Object Name
Painting
Description

This painting of Gartsherrie Ironworks in Coatbridge illustrates the furnaces lighting up the night sky. By the 1840s Gartsherrie was the biggest ironworks in the world with 16 blast furnaces in operation. The town of Coatbridge was known as the 'Iron Burgh'. 

Method
Donation
Location
On display at Summerlee Museum