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Welsh Costume: Cambrian Costumes no. 6, postcard

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Title: Cambrian Costumes by Lady Llanover. / No. VI. Welsh girl in the costume of Gower. / National Library of Wales. Printed at the Oxford University Press. / 122
Description: This is a side view of print no. 5 but the skirt is a different colour and she has a red shawl with long tassels (a whittle), wrapped around her in the way suitable for carrying a child. She has a tall hat with curved brim, check gown with puffed shoulders possibly with a bright-coloured neckerchief tucked into it, and brown skirt.
Note: No. 6 in a set of 12 postcards. A second set were printed at the National Library of Wales in the 1970s and were for sale until about 2015
Medium: print
Size: 14.2 x 8.9 cms
Artist (or original watercolour, 1834): A Cadwalader?
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Printer: Oxford University Press
Publisher: National Library of Wales
Date: 1947

Owner:
The National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, (?), Welsh costumes box 4 no. 167
Creator:
A. Cadwalader / Cadwallader?
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The National Library of Wales
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23/5/2018
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