The Shaw Mill c 1830.
The painting shows the two-arch Shaw Bridge spanning the White Cart Water at Pollokshaws. A woman is standing on stepping-stones under the bridge collecting water in a bucket and two men are standing on the bridge above her. The buildings to the right are apparently part of a meal mill and there are other buildings, perhaps houses, to the left. The bridge was demolished and replaced in the 1930s. The large goose, bottom left, is a scrap attached to the painting by an unknown person.
This watercolour is one of a series painted by an unknown artist working for the Maxwell family, depicting buildings and scenery on the Pollok Estate.
Reproduced with the permission of the National Trust for Scotland
Keywords:
bridges, meal mills, Pollok Estate, River Cart, rivers, Shaw Bridge, Shaw Mill, stepping stones, watercolours, White Cart Water, women
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