Mr Thomas Ellis by unknown artist, mid to late 1800s
Date: 1850 - 1890
People
This collection captures the stories of people who were responsible for establishing North Lanarkshire as one of the most important centres of heavy industry in Britain. Objects relate to a broad range of people, including workers, landowners, industrialists as well as the personalities living in the communities. Anyone in the collection with a story to tell is featured; from a simple portrait of ironworker, Lawrence Finnegan to the grand family portrait of the Rankins; owners of Langloan Ironworks.
