Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, R.W.S (1903)
Huish, Marcus Bourne, 1845-1921, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 384
the picture show that it is notlimited in size. Yet the only portion of the build-ing that is constructed of stone, so far as we cansee, is the lean-to shed. The cottage itself differs in many respects fromthose we have been used to in Surrey and Sussex.The roof is utilised, in fact the level of… … COTTAGES AND HOMESTEADS 149 of tea, only to find a single fire, by which sat alabourer with his pot of warmed ale on the hob.Asking whether she could not go to some otherfire, she was assured that nowhere else in thehouse could one be lit, as water lay below all thefloors, and a fire caused this to…
Watercolor painting -- Great Britain · England -- Pictorial works
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