A selection of artworks in British public collections associated with Cornish Mining
Laetitia and a Cornish Tin Mine 1967
Jeffery Camp (1923–2020)
Oil on canvas on board
H 25 x W 41 cm
Cornwall Council
The Old Cornish Tin Mine c.1938
Robert Morson Hughes (1873–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 71.4 x W 92 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Cornish Tin Mine, Emerging Miner 1943
Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 118.1 x W 76.2 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Disused Tin Mine (Cornish Postcard Series) 2006
Mark Tovey (b.1956)
Acrylic on canvas
H 60 x W 39.5 cm
Birmingham City University
Cornish Landscape with a Tin Mine
Elliott Seabrooke (1886–1950)
Oil on canvas
H 40.6 x W 50.8 cm
University of Hull Art Collection
Cornish Miner 1885
Frederick Thomas Penson (1866–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 23 x W 28 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Study for ‘Cliff Engine Houses, Levant Mine’ 2015
Michael Praed (b.1941)
Pen & ink on paper
H 42 x W 59.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

The Levant Zawn 1957
John Tunnard (1900–1971)
Oil on fibreboard
H 102 x W 78.1 cm
British Council Collection
Crowns Mine, Botallack c.1969
Harris Jenkin (1923–1993)
Oil on canvas board
H 40.6 x W 50.8 cm
Newquay Hospital
Crown Mines and Botallack Cliffs, June Morning
David W. Wills
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 91 cm
West Cornwall Hospital
Wheal Owles, Botallack, Cornwall
Noël Spencer (1900–1986)
Tempera on board
H 23.5 x W 26 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall

Ernest Procter (1886–1935)
Pencil on paper
H 12.6 x W 17.3 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Geevor Tin Mine, Winter 1990 1990
Phil Whiting (b.1948)
Acrylic on canvas
H 123 x W 154 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Distant Voices, Slight Echo, Coolness, Stillness, Geevor Stope 2007
Kurt Jackson (b.1961)
Mixed media on paper
H 56 x W 61.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)
Oil on canvas
H 48 x W 35 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Tin Mine Coast 1997
Margo Maeckelberghe (1932–2014)
Oil on board
H 58.5 x W 73.5 cm
University of Exeter, Fine Art Collection
St Just Tin Miners 1935
Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 63.7 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Martina Thomas (1924–1995)
Oil on board
H 51 x W 61 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Dennis C. Drew (active late 20th C)
Oil on board
H 59 x W 49 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Tin Mines, Cornwall 1954
Jack Coburn Witherop (1906–1984)
Tempera on board
H 41.7 x W 81.2 cm
Walker Art Gallery
Mine Workings, East Cornwall 1969
Rigby Graham (1931–2015)
Oil on board
H 67 x W 63 cm
Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
St Just United and Cape Cornwall Mines 1870
Thomas Hart (1830–1916)
Watercolour on paper
H 38 x W 67 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) 1914
Leonard Stanford Merrifield (1880–1943)
Bronze
H 49 x W 14.5 cm
Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust
Richard Trevithick (1771–1833)
Neville Northey Burnard (1818–1878) (after)
Plaster
H 80 x W 46 x D 30 cm
National Railway Museum
Memorial for Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) 1948
unknown artist

Trevithick and Holman with High Pressure Boiler 1950
Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 50 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall

A Triptych Depicting Richard Trevithick, Thomas Newcomen and Sir Charles Eastlake
Robert Oskar Lenkiewicz (1941–2002)
Oil on hardboard
H 234 x W 122 cm
The Box, Plymouth
Construction for 'Lost Mine' 1959
Peter Lanyon (1918–1964)
Glass, paint & glue
H 53.8 x W 48.3 x D 27 cm
Tate
Beam Engine 1712/Locomotive 1825
R. W. Wray
Oil on canvas
H 73.5 x W 202 cm
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

Cornish Engine Houses and Coastal Scene
L. Rowe
Oil on canvas
H 63 x W 80 cm
Camborne School of Mines
Captain Joseph Morcom and Thomas Daniell 1786
John Opie (1761–1807)
Oil on canvas
H 99.5 x W 112 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall

The Holman Test Mine 1949
Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 62 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Chemistry Laboratory at Redruth School of Mines 1897
Margaret J. Jenkin
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 76 cm
Camborne School of Mines
The Murdoch Mural 2000
Sarah Wimperis (b.1959) and The People of Redruth and David Blanning
Oil on panel
H 244 x W 122 cm
Redruth Town Council
Shadows and Reflections (Botallack Mine) 1959
Vera Spencer (1901–1989)
Oil on canvas mounted on board
H 53 x W 36.5 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Phil Whiting (b.1948)
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Thomas Hart (1830–1916)
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David Blanning
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L. Rowe
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Harris Jenkin (1923–1993)
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The People of Redruth
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Jeffery Camp (1923–2020)
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Frederick Thomas Penson (1866–1951)
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John Opie (1761–1807)
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Robert Oskar Lenkiewicz (1941–2002)
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