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A straw-work and watercolour picture
depicting a large institutional building with a clock tower, fenced gardens in the foreground, in a glazed and painted wood frame, British, 19th century -- 23in. x 28 3/8in. (58.4 x 72.1cm), overall

Lot Essay

It has been suggested that this picture represents an asylum in North Wales and that this and closely related examples were the result of an early form of occupational therapy.

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