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Shearing the sheep for the Newbury Coat
 
   
Shearing the sheep for the Newbury Coat
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Brief Description: Creating the Newbury Coat
 
Full Description: A lithograph in the West Berkshire Museum, depicting the shearing of the sheep whose wool was woven into the cloth for the Newbury coat. It was completed in one day as the result of a wager.
 
Collection: West Berkshire Museum
Place: Newbury, Berkshire
Subject: activity, commercial
Content Type: lithograph
Location: West Berkshire Museum
Local Ref: NEBYM:oc59.182
Unique ID: wb-nm-oc59_182-i-00-000.tif
 
 
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