Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Holyhead Jan 15 1857 Preparing for the Great Blast (painting)

View of Holyhead mountain before the Great Blast, 1857. Unsigned and undated. Modern frame. Scene depicts preparations on 15 January 1857 to blow away a substantial section of Holyhead Mountain to provide sufficient stone for the construction of the breakwater that now forms the harbour of refuge off the Anglesey port.

Scene depicts preparations on 15 January 1857 to blow away a substantial section of Holyhead Mountain to provide sufficient stone for the construction of the breakwater that now forms the harbour of refuge off the Anglesey port.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

1996.239

Creation/Production

unknown
Date: 1857

Acquisition

Purchase, 4/12/1996

Measurements

frame (mm): 308
frame (mm): 480
frame (mm): 350
frame (mm): 525

Techniques

oil on canvas
painting and drawing

Material

canvas
wood

Location

In store

Classification

processes blasting
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