Wedging down coal
- maker:
- Gilbert Daykin
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Painting by Gilbert Daykin, 1886-1939. "Wedging down coal", 1937-1938. Oil on canvas; 60x50cm in frame 73x63x7.5cm. Wedging down coal which has been undercut. The miner stands with the hammer swung back, ready to strike the wedge; pose exaggerated, but effort real.
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:
- 1978-536
- Materials:
- oil paint on canvas
- Measurements:
-
overall (in frame): 730 mm x 630 mm x 75 mm,
image: 600 mm x 500 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- credit:
- Daykin, A.
