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Charcoal drawing by Gilbert Daykin, 1886-1939. 20" x 26½" over mount. "A Collapse", 1937-1938. Miner is propelled forward as roof props fall in. Study, possibly from an incident in Warsop Main.
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:
- 1978-540
- Materials:
- charcoal on paper
- Measurements:
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overall (in frame): 77 x 57 x 2 cm
- type:
- drawing
- credit:
- Daykin, A.
