Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Drawing

Hughes, Olwen (Artist)

Pen and wash drawing, untitled, unsigned, undated. Depicts The Triangle, Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil from the south west. The depiction shows the houses shortly before demolition in 1977 and from an unusual viewpoint.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2019.85/2

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Pentrebach (Merthyr)

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: 1970s

Acquisition

donation, 7/11/2019

Measurements

Length (mm): 280
Width (mm): 394

Techniques

Watercolour on paper
Painting and drawing

Material

Paper

Categories

Social history 1970s

Classification

buildings
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