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This painting shows Captian Morcom and Thomas Daniell with a specimen of copper ore, possibly with Wheal Towan in the background. Thomas Daniell of Truro was a leading adventurer in Cornish mines. He was also chief clerk to William Lemon and after Lemon's death built the Mansion House in Truro with a gift of Bath stone from Ralph Allen of Prior Park in Bath. Ralph Allen's niece and heiress was Elizabeth Elliot who married Thomas Daniell in 1754. The other figure is Captain Morcom, a mining captain, who in 1793 with Richard Trevithick made trials of pumping engines at Seal Hole Mine in St Agnes.
Royal Cornwall Museum
Truro
Title
A Gentleman and a Miner (Captain Morcom and Thomas Daniell)
Date
1786
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 99.5 x W 112 cm
Accession number
TRURI : 1995.7
Acquisition method
purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Cornwall Heritage Trust, 1995
Work type
Painting
Royal Cornwall Museum
River Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2SJ England
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