Another small wood engraving 55mm x 40mm on an oddly shaped sample block. Quite a test of composition. This is the Dumb Steeple at Cooper Bridge in the Calder Valley, close to where the River Colne joins the River Calder. Originally it stood in the centre of the crossroads where the road up the valley divides, one branch crosses the Calder and on to Huddersfield, whilst the main road continues up the Calder Valley. Now though it stands to one side, having been moved from its original spot when the roads were widened. In 1812 it was the rallying point for a group of Luddites prior to them marching on Rawfolds Mill in Liversedge a couple of miles over the hill from here.
