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Phillis and Nelson Cooper dated Jan 12 1837

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Jan 12 1837

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A watercolour showing a Traveller woman and child standing in an overgrown grassy patch. The woman is shown full-length facing forward, holding a bunch of sticks. The child is shown biting into an apple.
Inscribed below: Gipsy woman and child near Claremont. The woman called Phillis Cooper and the boy Nelson.
Inscribed lower left: P.V. del. Claremont. From recollection. Jan 12th 1837.
Princess Victoria was fascinated with the Travellers who had taken camp near Claremont from December 1836 to early January 1837. She spoke to those she encountered on her walks and even provided them with food and blankets during the harsh winter.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour, ink', 'pencil, watercolour, ink'