Dixon (George, 1731-1785). Still Life with Flowers, 1762, gouache and ink on paper, some areas of pencil underdrawing, various flowers including roses, tulips, and geums in a wicker basket placed on a stone plinth, set against a black background, signed lower left 'Geo: Dixon 1762', mount aperture 35.5 x 50.5 cm (14 x 20 ins), framed and glazed (57.5 x 72 cm) (Quantity: 1) George Dixon primarily worked in the coal industry, first working in his father's colliery in Cockfield, County Durham, and then manufacturing coal tar and pitch which was used by Sunderland's shipyards. He was one of the first people to realise coal's potential for lighting. As a young man, he worked in London as a china painter at the Chelsea Pottery Works. His other interests included mathematics, mineralogy, engineering, painting and engraving.
Dixon (George, 1731-1785). Still Life with Flowers, 1762, gouache and ink on paper, some areas of pencil underdrawing, various flowers including roses, tulips, and geums in a wicker basket placed on a stone plinth, set against a black background, signed lower left 'Geo: Dixon 1762', mount aperture 35.5 x 50.5 cm (14 x 20 ins), framed and glazed (57.5 x 72 cm) (Quantity: 1) George Dixon primarily worked in the coal industry, first working in his father's colliery in Cockfield, County Durham, and then manufacturing coal tar and pitch which was used by Sunderland's shipyards. He was one of the first people to realise coal's potential for lighting. As a young man, he worked in London as a china painter at the Chelsea Pottery Works. His other interests included mathematics, mineralogy, engineering, painting and engraving.
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