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Photograph of Bridget Johnston sitting by the hearth.
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Collection Ritchie Pickow
Title Photograph of Bridget Johnston sitting by the hearth.
Description Photograph of woman sitting by the hearth on a stool, Aran Islands. The woman is Bridget Johnston. She wears a long dark skirt, an Aran sweater and a black scarf, crossed across her chest. She sits in the alcove of the hearth, on the left. In her left hand she holds a frying pan. There is a utensil, perhaps a toasting fork, in her right hand. A black kettle hangs above the turf fire in the left/centre foreground. A second pan hangs, in the right midground. In the left background, part of an oil lamp is visible.
Date 01/01/1952
Date Issued 01/07/2022
Resource Type Still image
Archival Record Id p100601
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 60x60mm
Topic Hearths,Fireplaces,Skillet cooking,Kettles,Cooking,Kerosene lamps
Geographic Inishmore (Ireland),Aran Islands (Ireland)
Temporal Nineteen fifties,Twentieth century
Genre Black and white
Creator / Author Name George Pickow