Pay Day in a Cotton Mill

1881

Not on view

Within an interior, women of various ages line up to collect their wages, watched by a man who leans against the sill of an office window, a cat next to his leg. At right, a girl watches two women counting coins.

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Title: Pay Day in a Cotton Mill
Artist: George Percy Jacomb-Hood (British, Red Hill, Surrey 1857–1937 Alassio, Italy)
Date: 1881
Medium: Etching; proof
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 12 5/8 in. (23 × 32 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Object Number: 1986.1180.2006
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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