Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Dinorwic Quarry Workshops, Llanberis (print)

Hughes, Olwen (Artist)

Black & white print of original drawing 82.37I/5. View of Dinorwic Quarry Workshops (now The Welsh Slate Mueum) Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis as seen from top of Vivian Quarry.

One of a set of drawings commemorating the retirement of Hugh Jones B.E.M. from The Welsh Slate Museum. Mr Jones was awarded B.E.M. in the New Years Honours in 1982.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

82.37I/18

Historical Associations

Association Type: Slate quarries
Date: 1981
Place: Dinorwic slate quarries
Association Type: Slate company
Date: 1981
Place: Vivian slate quarry
Association Type: Place name
Date: 1981
Place: Llanberis

Creation/Production

Hughes, Olwen
Born and brought up in Rhymney. Educated in Wales, she later lived and worked in Leicester. She provided illustrations for various publications and her work appeared regularly in the Western Mail and Leicester Mercury. She was awarded MBE in 2002 ‘for services to the community’.
Role: Artist
Period: 1981

Acquisition

collected officially, 14/6/1982

Measurements

Length (mm): 350
Width (mm): 280

Techniques

Print

Material

Paper

Categories

Slate Gwynedd (county name) 1980s
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