''Top of the World'' is a 1942–43 painting by the English painter Edward Wadsworth. It depicts the road approaching Beswick's Lime Works in the

Peak District The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southe ...

. The painting was finished in the beginning of July 1943. It was originally bought by the Contemporary Art Society through Arthur Tooth & Sons. Since 1944 it is in the collection of the

Ferens Art Gallery The Ferens Art Gallery is an art gallery in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. The site and money for the gallery were donated to the city by Thomas Ferens, after whom it is named. The architects were S. N. Cooke and E. C. Davie ...

Hull Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ...

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{{Reflist 1943 paintings Paintings by Edward Wadsworth Paintings in Yorkshire and the Humber