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Symbolic representation of the miner enslaved by his trade. The miner is depicted in the position of Christ on the cross, chained to the seam wall, his pick on the ground beside, the scene lit by his lamp placed on the right.

Daykin remained a miner despite his artistic success. Daykin worked as a miner at a pit near Sheffield and he produced a number of vivid artworks showing what the physical work of a coal miner was like down the pit. Sadly, he was killed in 1939 in a mine shaft accident.