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Tullie House Museum : 1978.174
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Painting, watercolour, Carlisle Market Place, Looking South, Carlisle, Cumberland, about 1800.
The market square with the market cross standing to right of centr, a woman sits on its steps with her wares on a small table beside her. Several clusters of soldiers stand to right of composition; apart from isolated couples elsewhere, the square is largely deserted.
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Castlegate 1827
not visible; beneath backboard
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