The Barmaid

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The barmaid.

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Artist

Name:
Meadows, Joseph Kenny
Dates:
1790-1874
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
People
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Smith, John Orrin
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Harold B. Lee Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Heads of the people: or, Portraits of the English, vol. 1
Author:
Collective work
Publisher:
London: Robert Tyas, 1840
Open Library:
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Description:

A young woman wearing a lacy bonnet with loose ribbons looks to her right while carrying a tankard in one hand and a tray balanced with glasses in the other. This illustration is inspired by the accompanying written sketch depicting Susan Hawkins, barmaid at The Castle, a tavern in the London suburbs. It is complemented by the following quotation from William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: I understand the business, I hear it: to have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary

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