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Wil Proudley, Splitting a Block of Slate (drawing)

Thompson, Mary Elizabeth

Signed and dated bottom right.

Catalogue Entry : Artist yn y Chwareli / An Artist in the Quarries, 1981

  1. Wil Proudley, yn hollti clwt o lechfaen, Chwefror 1948. Gyda bwrdd llifio y naill ochr iddo ac injan naddu 'guillotine' ar y llall, y mae'r gweithiwr wrthi'n hollti llechen gyda chyn llafn-llydan, sef y cyn manhollt. Y tu ôl iddo, yn pwyso yn erbyn y wal, gwelir y pren mesur y byddai'n ei ddefnyddio i farcio hyd a lled arbennig y llechen wrth ei naddu.

  2. Wil Proudley, splitting a block of slate, February 1948. Flanked by a sawing table and a guillotine dressing machine the workman is splitting slate using a broad-bladed chisel called a manhollt. Behind him standing against the wall is a notched measuring stick used to fix the sizes when dressing slate.

Wil Proudley, Splitting a Block of Slate (drawing)
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Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

54.426/4

Historical Associations

Association Type: slate quarries
Date: 02/1948

Creation/Production

Thompson, Mary Elizabeth

Acquisition

Donation, 11/1954

Techniques

pencil on paper
painting and drawing

Material

paper

Location

In store

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