Background to the creation of one of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Group’s artists’ impressions: representing stages of the revolt. The artwork can be found on the Pentrich and South Wingfield Group’s Facebook and Twitter pages (@pentrichrevolt for more)
Spent the last few weeks researching ready to start my commission for the bi-centenary of the rising (see last couple of posts). I discovered quite a lot really. One of the main things I learned (as an artist rather than amateur historian)is that it is remarkably easy to get too interested in the subject matter and get carried away by the research for it’s own sake – hence the 2 weeks flying by!
The nice people at Pentrich & South Wingfield Revolution Group gave me my subject – in my case a depiction of the Alfreton revolutionaries on the night of 9th June 1817. So what I really needed was some kind of visual reference to the town of Alfreton circa 1817 that would be recognised today. Anyway after a good deal of talking to Wendy & Rachel at the Heritage Centre (thanks to them) and the regulars of The…
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Uncovering the Pentrich Revolt 