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A high proportion of 19th-century women immigrants from England were domestic servants, who came because of high wages and the prospect of marriage. This watercolour by Frances Hodgkins, painted about 1890, depicts the family maid, Euphemia or Phemie.
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Reference: E-425-q-020
by Frances Hodgkins
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