1212634 Pitmen Playing Quoits (oil on canvas) by Parker, Henry Perlee (1795-1873); 69.5x82.0 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: This painting was made at a time when working people were rarely chosen as subjects. The miners are wearing their working clothes, and their faces are black with coal dust. The night-time scene is lit by an overhead brazier, enabling the artist to focus dramatic pools of light on the figures. Miners\' shifts meant they often started or finished work in the dark. Pithead buildings can just be made out in the background.); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.