An antique lithograph by E. Walker from a drawing by J.C. Rowland (John Cambrian Rowland) . Published by T. Catherall, Eastgate Row, Chester and Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen'. Circa 1850 with original hand colouring. The last four lines of the ballad 'Jenny Jones' written by Charles James Mathews in about 1825, are printed beneath the image :-
"And we'll live on our cheese and our ale in contentment,
And long thro' our dear native valley we'll rove;
For indeed in our hearts we both love that Llangollen,
And sweet Jenny Morgan with truth will I love."
These lines refer to the marriage of Jenny Jones to Edward Morgan who is shown standing by a table in a room, wearing a sailor's costume. He is holding a cup with a foaming head, presumably full of beer. The print of Jenny Jones by J.C. Rowland shows a male figure in the background in a similar pose. A woman, who looks very like Jenny Jones in Rowland's drawings and print of her (dated 1849), is without a Welsh hat, but has a goffered cap is cutting a slice of bread. The room they are in is large, with a high ceiling, panelled window reveals and a painting of a ship on the wall. This print together with the print of Jenny Jones is extremely rare.
Approx 19.5cms 33cms
