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The Song of the Shirt, from The Favourite Poems of Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Gustave...

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BL4072494
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The Song of the Shirt, from The Favourite Poems of Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Published by Moxon and Sons, London, 1872 (engraving)
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Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / French
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British Library, London, UK
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engraving
Date
1872 AD (C19th AD)
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With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch She sang the "Song of the Shirt."

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19th century / art / France / Europe / Doré Gustave (1832-1883) / painter / artist / cherub / female / angel / interior / window / domestic / poor / poverty / working / putto / sewing / needlework / seamstress / stitching / needle and thread
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Largest available format 6035 × 8517 px 78 MB
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Medium 726 × 1024 px 61 × 87 mm 836 KB

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