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Welsh Costume: A Welsh Feast on St David's Day, 1790

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Title: A WELSH FEAST ON ST DAVID'S DAY / In Hollands Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest Collection in Europe of Humorous Prints Admitce. One Shilling / London Pubd by W Holland no 50 Oxford Street March 1t 1790.
Description:
Men wearing tricorn hats with leeks in them, probably toasting Welsh rarebit (cheese on toast). Judging from their dress, the men are probably members of one of the London Welsh societies.
Medium: steel engraving (coloured)
Size: paper: 27 x 37; image: 21.3 x 33.5 cms
Artist: Anon
Engraver: Anon
Printer: Anon
Publisher: W. Holland
Date: 1.3.1790

Owner:
The National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, (85), Welsh Costumes box 2 no. 20
Creator:
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23/5/2018
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