Dorothea beam engine house, painting

Hughes, Olwen (Artist)

Watercolour painting showing a distant view of the Dorothea beam engine house in an industrial landscape, with flooded Dorothea quarry in foreground. Signed and dated bottom right.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1992.156

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name

Date: 1980

Place: Dorothea slate quarry

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: 1980

Acquisition

collected officially

Measurements

Length (mm): 476

Width (mm): 655

Techniques

Watercolour on paper

Painting and drawing

Pen and ink on paper

Painting and drawing

Material

Paper

Classification

topography landscape

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Bronze Age Gold from Wales