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A young woman is sitting under a tree with a spindle and shuttle. Engraving by Saunders after Woolley.
Wellcome Collection

A young woman is sitting under a tree with a spindle and shuttle. Engraving by Saunders after Woolley.

Unknown artist

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Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Amaryllis spinning. O what a pretty spinners here! How sweet her looks, how clean her linen, If love and youth came both to see her, Youth would at once set Love a spinning. Watts. Woolley pinxt. Saunders sculpt.

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