Images of Industry
Miner holding a lamp
SEALE, A. Barney (1896 - 1957)
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Date: 1947
Media: fibre glass and mixed media
Size: 1060 x 650 x 2750 mm
Acquired: 2001; Transfer
Accession Number: 2001.1/42
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.
Comments - (2)
The version of the ‘Ideal Miner’ held by Amgueddfa Cymru is mainly made of fibreglass, and was one of a number of identical sculptures made for the Industrial Wales Exhibition held at Olympia in 1947.
It is currently on display at Big Pit: National Mining Museum. I have checked our records, and asked around, but we unfortunately do not know if an original sculptors maquette exists.
Many thanks