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PONTYPOOL OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1801
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AN UNUSUAL PAINTED TIN TRAY OF POLITICAL INTEREST RELATING TO THE ENCLOSURES
PONTYPOOL OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1801
Painted in naive fashion with a townscape and figures
32¼in (82cm.)
The tray inscribed 'A witness for Theophilus Haddock of his abhorence to robbing the poor by enclosures - Bedfont, 10th of the 3rd month 1801, on which day the Duke of Northumberland, the Bishop of London, the Governor's of Christ's Hospital etc. withdrew their signatures from a petition which they had signed for the enclosures, to their perpetual honour on being informed of the great evil the poor would sustain from it.'
Says Theophilus: 'I hope Parliament will oust it or yonder poor must starve'
PONTYPOOL OR BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1801
Painted in naive fashion with a townscape and figures
32¼in (82cm.)
The tray inscribed 'A witness for Theophilus Haddock of his abhorence to robbing the poor by enclosures - Bedfont, 10th of the 3rd month 1801, on which day the Duke of Northumberland, the Bishop of London, the Governor's of Christ's Hospital etc. withdrew their signatures from a petition which they had signed for the enclosures, to their perpetual honour on being informed of the great evil the poor would sustain from it.'
Says Theophilus: 'I hope Parliament will oust it or yonder poor must starve'
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