monarch of the mine advert
Museum
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Date
1950
Object Number
U110-20-1-6
Title

Monarch of the Mine

Object Category
Archives
Object Name
Advert
Description

This advert, a spoof of Landseer's famous painting of a Highland stag, 'Monarch of the Glen' is an advert for the Motherwell-based coal cutting machinery manufacturer Anderson Boyes.

The image celebrates the firm’s Scottish heritage while also showing a very different vision of the country, one where the mountains were more likely to be made of coal waste.

Method
Gift
Location
In storage at North Lanarkshire Archives