Description:An engraving by T. Radclyffe from a drawing by F. Calvert. Calvert lived in Birmingham and exhibited six paintings at the Birmingham Society of Arts between 1829 and 1835. Calvert worked in oils and watercolours and specialised in landscapes and coastal subjects.
This is a romantic view of Soho Manufactory from the rear. Many visitors came to view the manufacturing processes which Boulton encouraged as he saw them as potential customers. Later he came to worry about industrial espionage and stopped the visitors. Many views of the Soho Manufactory show people in the foreground apparently about to tour the factory as this one does.