Loading a mine tub from a stall
- artist:
- Gilbert Daykin
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Science Museum Group Collection
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Painting by Gilbert Daykin, 1886-1939. 'Loading a mine tub from a stall', 1934-1935. Oil on canvas; 63.5x76cm in frame, 76x88.5x7.5cm. Miner filling a tub in crouching position, advancing the seam face to right, showing lack of headroom and alternate 'tub stall' working. The miner - though not the artist - is oblivious of the cracking support. On left, goaf.
Daykin worked as a miner at a pit near Sheffield and he produced a number of vivid artworks showing what the physical work of a coal miner was like down the pit. Sadly he was killed in 1939 in a mine shaft accident. Eleven artworks by Daykin were gifted by his family to the Science Museum in 1978.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1978-534
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas
- Measurements:
-
overall: 770 mm x 890 mm x 80 mm,
frame: 760 mm x 885 mm x 75 mm,
image: 635 mm x 760 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- credit:
- Daykin, A.
