Sarah Gamp from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'

Category

Library Item

Item no

24874

Title

Sarah Gamp from 'Martin Chuzzlewit'

Description

An elderly woman stands and holds her arms crossed. She is wearing a large white bonnet, a patterned shawl and a large white apron over her black floor-length skirt.

Artist / maker

Fraser, Claud Lovat

Date

1924

Size

16.0 x 10.0 cm

Type

Publisher's print

Location

Art and Design Library

Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens' sixth novel and written after a self-imposed break from novel writing for a trip to America and Canada.
Sairey Gamp is one of Dickens' more colourful characters. She is a nurse, mid-wife and a 'layer out' of the dead. She is a fat talkative woman who tends to drink.

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hats

Clothing and dress > Garments > Aprons

Clothing and dress > Garments > Shawls

People > Adults > Women

Sport and leisure > Activities > Reading and books

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