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Ideal Miner (statue)

A. Barney Seale (sculptor)

This statue was made for the National Coal Board for the Industrial Wales Exhibition at Olympia 1947. The miner was modelled on Thomas Idris Lewis of Seven Sisters, Neath.

Image: By permission of Amgueddfa Cymru — Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2001.1/42

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Place: Nantgarw Colliery

Creation/Production

A. Barney Seale

1947

Role: sculptor
Period: 1947

Acquisition

donation, 1/2/2001

Measurements

Length (mm): 1060
Width (mm): 650
Height (mm): 2750

Material

Fibreglass

Categories

coal 1940s
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