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Article publicising the exhibition Henry Moore: Drawing in the Dark at St Albans Museum and Gallery 16 December 2022 - 16 April 2023 showcasing Moore's drawings of Miners during WWII. Outllining the original commission from the War Artists' Advisory Commission eighty years previously, it describes how Moore produced his 'Pit Noteboook' and the conditions he experienced along with a brief history of Moores' life up to that point and his personal connection to the commission. Reference to the book published in connection with the exhibition "Drawing in the Dark: Henry Moore's Coalming Commission" by Chris Owen. 
3 Moore illus: Coalmining Notebook A, 1941-42 (SKB 36), Pit Boys at Pit Head 1942 (HMF 1985) and Four Studies of Miners at the Coalface 1942.(HMF 2000a).