Scene in a Coal Mine (recto); Still Life with Tomatoes by a Green Jug (verso)
Tom McGuinness (Witton Park, County Durham 1926 - 2006)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1946 - 2006
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
425 x 540 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ormesby Hall, Redcar and Cleveland
NT 709319
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Scene in a Coal Mine (recto); Still Life with Tomatoes by a Green Glass Jug (verso) by Tom McGuinness (Witton Park, County Durham 1926 - 2006). On the front is a scene of a a pit pony (left) hauling a truck of coal; and a miner (centrally) in singlet and shorts with a helmet and lamp, facing left. On the reverse is a still life of tomatoes.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Colonel James B. Worsley Pennyman (1883 – 1961)
Credit line
Ormesby Hall, The Pennyman Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
McGuinness
Makers and roles
Tom McGuinness (Witton Park, County Durham 1926 - 2006), artist
References
McManners and Wales 2006 Robert McManners and Gillian Wales, McGuinness: Interpreting The Art Of Tom McGuinness, 2006