Sunday morning A Cottage Family going to church

by After William Redmore Bigg

$750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

An excellent stipple engraving depicting rural piety in 18th-century England The image shows a family outside the door of their cottage making last minute preparations before setting off for morning service at the local church. The wife makes sure that the grandmother is comfortable on the family donkey: the grandmother holds her youngest grandchild in front of her. The father bends to talk to two of his younger children. All are dressed in their 'best' and look slightly

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