Neil Shawcross, RUA, RHA (b.1940), Hilden Mill in the Snow c.1985
Oil on canvas
ILC&LM collection 2016
© The artist
This picture was inspired by the artist seeing the red brick mass of Hilden Mill vividly set against the white of surrounding snow.
Linen thread-making was established at the Plantation, Lisburn in 1784. By the late-19th century Barbour’s Hilden Mill was reputedly the largest
linen-thread works in the world. Production ceased in 2006.