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? Robert John Welch (1859-1936)
Western Form of Spinning Wheel, Clifden c. 1903
Platinum print | 14.2 x 20.2 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2600182
? Robert John Welch (1859-1936)
Western Form of Spinning Wheel, Clifden c. 1903
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Photograph of a woman using a Connemara wool wheel to spin wool in front of a thatched cottage near Clifden. She is standing behind the large spinning wheel, holding the wheel with her right hand and the wool in her left. A man wearing a cap is standing in the doorway to the cottage. There is an upturned basket on the ground behind the woman.
Provenance
From a photograph album presented to King Edward VII in remembrance of the Royal Visit to Ireland in 1903
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Medium and techniques
Platinum print
Measurements
14.2 x 20.2 cm (image) (image)
38.1 x 30.3 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Western Form of Spinning Wheel, Cliffden [The Province of Connaught, 1903]
