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Gipsy woman and children dated Dec 1836

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Dec 1836

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A watercolour showing the Traveller Sarah Cooper with a group of children. They are all shown full-length facing forward.
Inscribed below: Gipsy woman and children near Claremont. From Recollection. (The woman called Sarah Cooper and the children (her nephews and nieces) called: Dinah, Job, Britannia, Emmeline, Helen &c.)
Inscribed lower left: P.V. del. Claremont. Dec 1836.
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'