Title: ‘Welsh Woman, Bala’
Description: Woman knitting, wearing a Welsh hat, goffered cap, shawl tucked into her long-tailed gown; apron, skirt, red underskirt and boots.
Note: The women of Bala were famous for knitting in public during the 18th and early 19th centuries, especially on the remains of the Norman / Welsh castle mound.
It appears that someone has tried to clean this watercolour with a damp cloth.
Artist: Anon
Medium: picture, watercolour
Size: paper: 41 x 35.7; image: 30.5 x 21.2 cms.
Date: c. 1850?