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Title: GWISGO BEDD A BLODAU. / Dressing the Grave with Flowers / Rock and Co. London. No 6. / 1st May 1853
Description: Woman dressing a grave in a churchyard with flowers.
The woman is wearing a Welsh hat with black ties; finely goffered cap; bodice and skirt.
Note: Planting or placing cut flowers on a grave was a Welsh custom both immediately after a burial and at subsequent intervals and as a separate tradition, on Sul y Blodau (Palm Sunday but sometimes Easter Sunday or Whit Sunday).
This is one of at least four prints with bilingual titles.
Medium: steel engraving
Size: 18.7 x 11.9 cms
Artist: T.O.
Engraver: Anon
Printer: Anon
Publisher: Rock and Co.
Date: 1.5.1853
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