Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bedwellty Colliery explosion 1865, print

The Illustrated London News (Publisher)

Two illustrations on one sheet "The Bedwellty Colliery, Tredegar, Monmouthshire, The Scene of the Late Fatal Explosion" and "Funeral of the Colliers Killed by the Late Explosion at Tredegar". Stuck on modern green card.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

87.166I/113

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Date: 16/06/1865
Place: Bedwellty Colliery

Creation/Production

The Illustrated London News
Role: Publisher
Period: 01/07/1865

Acquisition

donation, 21/9/1987

Measurements

Length (mm): 371
Width (mm): 260

Techniques

Engraving
Print

Material

Paper
Card

Categories

Coal Gwent (county name) 1860s

Classification

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