Memorials: Miners' Memorial, Conisbrough
Artist: Graham IBBESON
| Artist: | Graham Ibbeson |
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| TitleOfWork: | Miners' Memorial - detail: showing the woman | |
| DateOfWork: | 1987 | |
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| Medium: | bronze and limestone | |
| Location: | Conisborough, South Yorkshire | |
| Country: | UK - England | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | 89~1515 | |
| FileSize: | 91680 | |
| Description: Four large blocks of uncut limestone are grouped together in a square. On one stands a bronze woman, hands on hips, with a shawl over her head. Between the limestone blocks is a mound of coal and broken timbers, from which the head and shoulders of a trapped miner can be seen. Commission: Commissioned by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council, with the assistance of Public Arts and the Yorkshire Arts Association. Comment: A plaque on one of the limestone blocks states: "A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND BOYS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AT THE DENABY AND CADEBY MAIN COLLIERIES FROM 1869 AND TO THE WOMEN WHO SHARED THEIR LIVES ..." | ||
