Wellcome Collection
A very large woman is scrubbing clothes in a large tub filled with hot soapy water. Etching by William Heath.
1829
Lettering: Old mother scarletta the laundress. I suppose as I've taken the situation I'll have all Old Mother Doubl.Us dirty things to wash. Household servants in Six Plates by William Heath. No 5
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