Description
Title: “Old Sally” aged 107. / E.A.E. Madocks 1817 (‘Old Sally of Bwlch in Brecon’ added by hand)
Description: Two women in a kitchen.
(1) Young woman with cap with lappets, shawl over short-sleeved gown; apron, check skirt
(2) Elderly woman with small hat, check shawl covering a short-sleeved gown; separate sleeves (or sleeves of an undergarment); check apron, striped skirt, shoes.
Note: The hat is the shape of a Welsh hat but has a narrower curved brim. The distinctive Welsh hat with broad flat brim did not appear until the 1830s.
Medium: lithograph, hand coloured
Size: paper: 23.1 x 9.4; image: 16.3 x 14.6 cms
Artist: Anon
Engraver: Anon
Printer: Anon
Publisher: E.A.E. Madocks,
Date: 1817
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