Studio Portrait Two Young Girls With Their Nursemaid c.1904
1904
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Sarah and Nancy Symons, with their nursemaid.
Sarah and Nancy were two of the children of William Symons and Agnes Merrilees. They are pictured with their ayah – a female domestic servant who acted as nursemaid to European families in India.
Donor number 0541-009
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