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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11316563, member: 2844&quot;]Charming naive painting, charlie. Love the colours too, and as Bdigger said, I&#039;m sure it&#039;ll be spectacular after cleaning, the colours will pop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like the man in the back of the pirogue-like boat is wearing one of those fishermen caps you usually see in southern Europe. So I had to check if they were worn in Wales as well, and found this wonderful photograph of a Welsh fisherman having a rest in his very Welsh coracle<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]540962[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So yes, Welsh fisherman wore them too.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The woman is wearing a traditional bonnet. I am glad she is wearing genuine dress, not the fake Welsh dress invented by lady Llanover (what was she thinking!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the costumes, as well as the style of the signature, place your painting in the 19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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