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Portrait of a man wearing a wool wig and a white neckchief. He has dark brown eyes and looks directly out of the painting and at the viewer.

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Portrait of James Hargreaves

This portrait is of James Hargreaves, who invented the spinning jenny. The spinning jenny revolutionised the weaving process and was one of the machines that led to the ending of weaving as cottage industry.

© Tracy Leeming | Oswaldtwistle Mills