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Title	Christmas Card showing 'View of Harrow', High Street, Harrow on the Hill, c.1830
Repository	Harrow Local History Collection & Archive
Ref No	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/77
Alt Ref No	PF12
Maker	Louis Haghe
Date	1830
Description	Black and white print on Christmas card showing a view of the High Street, Harrow on the Hill. A figure stands centrally in the road with his hands in his pockets. A carter feeds his horses in the road (left) and a school master, a group of women, and two Harrow pupils are depicted by the wall of the school house (right). The view down the road includes various buildings, including a public house, and St Mary's church in the distance. Artist details below. 'On stone by L. Haghe...from a painting by Mackay'. Title bottom centre: 'Harrow on the Hill in 1830'. On reverse, 'FRIENDS OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY HARROW CHRISTMAS CARD'.
Comments	For further contextual information see, A.W. Ball, 'Paintings, Prints and Drawings of Harrow on the Hill, 1562-1899', (Harrow, 1978), p. 82.
Format	Print
Related Material	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/76
	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/74
	GB1102/LHC/3/4/8/75
Level	Item
Location	In Storage

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