Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Dowlais steelworks, photograph

Muspratt Dunman, Helen (In 1936 Helen Muspratt Dunman visited the Soviet Union and photographed the peasants and farmers as she travelled down the Volga. On her return she became a member of the Communist Party and continued her documentary photography in 1937 when she visited the Rhondda Valley in south Wales capturing the unemployed miners in their local communities.)

Photograph showing two hot blast stoves at Dowlais steel works being dismantled (metal cladding is being removed to reveal the brick work interior). Print mounted on card.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1999.16/8

Creation/Production

Muspratt Dunman, Helen
Date: 1937

Acquisition

Donation, 28/1/1999

Measurements

Length (mm): 364
Width (mm): 298

Techniques

black and white (monochrome photograph)
photograph

Material

paper
card

Location

In store
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