Paille d'Avoine,-paille d'Avoine / Drawn by Saml Egerton Leigh Esqr.

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James Gillray
1756-1815
Paille d'Avoine,-paille d'Avoine / Drawn by Saml Egerton Leigh Esqr.
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plate mark: 214 x 163 mm; sheet: 227 x 175 mm
Peel 2539
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum online catalog.

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An old Frenchwoman walks in profile to the right carrying a large sack attached to her back by a strap across her breast. She wears sabots; on her chin is a tuft of hair. Cf. British Museum online catalog.

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