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Welsh costume illustration
Print entitled "A Welch Peasant and his Wife". Distributed to commemorate the French Invasion of Fishguard in 1797. The print depicts a man with a round crowned hat, short jacket, waistcoat, kneebreaches and stockings. The woman wears an identical hat, checked gown, arpon and red cloak. The man carries a scythe, and the woman a pitchfork.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F84.159.43
Creation/Production
unknown
Role: printer
Date: 1797 (circa)
Acquisition
Donation, 23/7/1984
Measurements
length (mm):217
width (mm):154
Techniques
print
Material
paper
Location
In store
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