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Welsh costume illustration

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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.

Welsh costume illustration
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Social & Cultural History

Item Number

F84.159.43

Historical Associations

Association Type: commemoration
Date: 1797

Creation/Production

unknown

Acquisition

Donation, 23/7/1984

Measurements

Length (mm): 217
Width (mm): 154

Techniques

print

Material

paper

Location

In store
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