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Graphite

City Scene, St John's Parade
© The Estate of L.S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: British Council Collection

City Scene, St John's Parade 1929

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)

British Council Collection
A crystalline form of carbon found widely around the world, it has long been employed as a writing and drawing material. When compressed with fine clay it is used in lead pencils.

Text source: 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms' (2nd Edition) by Michael Clarke

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