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Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag

Artist: HURN David
GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.
Image: © David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru  National Museum Wales

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 56218

Creation/Production

HURN David
Role: Photographer
Date: 1966 –

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:28.6
w(cm) image size:43.2
h(cm) paper size:43.2
w(cm) paper size:55.9

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Paper

Location

In store

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Photograph Works on paper Fine Art Celf ar y Cyd (100 Artworks)
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GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.
© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru  National Museum Wales
  • GB. WALES. Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent safety of their school were buried under the waste of a sliding coal tip. 1966.