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Title: ‘Welsh Harper / 5 / G.B. Campion Litho / Printed by J Graf. / London. Published Decr. 1st. 1836, by Ackermann & Co. No. 36, Strand.
Description: A girl and woman listening to an itinerant Welsh harper.
(1) Man, playing what is probably a Welsh triple harp, which, unlike the classical harp had no pedals and was light enough to carry long distances. He is wearing a coat, possibly a shirt and tie of some sort; waistcoat, breeches tied with a ribbon at the knee, striped stockings, ill-fitting spats and shoes.
(2) girl with striped dress over what might be a long-sleeved shift; footless stockings which are hooked over one toe; no shoes.
(3) Woman in an Anglesea hat with black ribbon tie, goffered cap, shawl or kerchief, loose striped bedgown, plain skirt, striped stockings, shoes. There is a cottage in the background.
Note: From George Bryant Campion, ‘Sketches of the picturesque character of Great Britain from nature and on stone’ no. 5. The volume also included ‘no. 6 ‘Welsh Peasants’. (London: Ackermann, 1836)
Medium: print, lithograph
Size: 30.9 x 45.6 cms.
Artist: Anon
Lithographer: G.B. Campion
Printer: J. Graf
Publisher: Ackermann and Co. No. 36 Strand [London]
Date: 1st December 1836
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