It's A Pretty Thing - Stoke-on-Trent! Photographed by William Blake.

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Date:1900 - 1940 (c.)

Description:Industrial landscape taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

This image, with its damning caption, is one of many where Blake is critical of the conditions created in the city by the pottery industry.

Note: At certain magnifications a patterning effect will appear on this image due the nature of the original.

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Creators: Mr William Blake - Creator

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Source: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

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