The Horse Sale

In 1928 Tunnicliffe moved from London to Macclesfield. By then his father had died and his mother had given up the family farm. Tunnicliffe started "drawing and painting bits of Macclesfield town".

The Macclesfield horse fairs and cattle market took place on Water’s Green, an open space between the railway station and the old town on the hill. Tunnicliffe had known Water’s Green since childhood.

This etching shows the auctioneer Stanley Turner at a horse auction. Turner’s booth is positioned next to the Stafford to Manchester railway, which is elevated as it passes through the town.