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Watercolour portrait of Phoebe Bown of Matlock Bath
Unknown1950
Derbyshire Record Office
Matlock, United Kingdom
Phoebe Bown (c1770-1854) was well-known in the Matlock area of Derbyshire for her "eccentric" lifestyle. At a time when men and women wore very different clothes and everybody was expected to conform, she renounced female clothes and worked as a farmer, mason, tanner and cattle breeder.
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- Title: Watercolour portrait of Phoebe Bown of Matlock Bath
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1950
- Location: Unknown
- Location Created: Unknown
- Provenance: R W Croft of Matlock (D1485/2/1)
- Subject Keywords: Clothing, Gender Stereotypes, Portrait, Fashion
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