Catalogue Number
NMLH.1993.373.13
Object Name
Painting
Title
Emanuel Shinwell
People
Shinwell, Emmanuel
Date
1945
Creator(s)
Stone, Marcus
Description
Emmanuel Shinwell (1884-1986), known as Manny Shinwell, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, served in Clement Attlee's 1945 Labour Government as Minister of Fuel & Power, and in that role presided over the nationalisation of Britain's coal mines in 1947.
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