Title: WELSH PEASANT-WOMAN
Description: Portrait of a woman in tall, vertical-sided Welsh hat, large goffered cap, large ornate shawl, long-sleeved gown and apron.
From the Illustrated London News, Vol. XXV (25), December 2nd, 1854, p. 560
Note: This accompanied an article about the opening of St Benjamin Hall's new Welsh church at Abercarn (built 1853) which included the following: 'The native population (to the number of about a thousand, in their native costumes) with that intuitive propriety which characterises the Welsh people, had formed themselves in picturesque groups beneath and on each side of the church.' Sir Benjamin Hall was the husband of Augusta Hall (Lady Llanover) who provided Welsh costumes for her staff and tenants and occasionally wore Welsh costume herself.
Medium: steel engraving (from magazine)
Size: 9.3 x 8.4 cms
Artist: Anon
Engraver: Anon
Printer: Anon
Publisher: Illustrated London News
Date: 1854