Valette is known for his subtly-toned works of industrial Manchester painted between 1908 - 1913.
It is in essence the city's light and atmosphere, seen through an Impressionist's eyes which is the true subject of these paintings. The spontaneously painted studies reveal this more clearly than the more formalised, larger works....Manchester's dense and foggy gloom enabled Valette to diffuse the outlines of buildings, reducing them to sometimes barely perceptible presences and to create mis-shapen, huddled forms that seem to disappear suddenly into the mist.
This work is a study for Albert Square, Manchester, painted in 1910, it has been held in the Manchester City Art Gallery. The work depicts the south west side of the square with the Albert Memorial, Statues of Heywood and Gladstone and part of the Town Hall. This work is considered one of Valette's most successful and ambitious compositions.