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.