Accession number:
PML 88582
Published:
[United States, ca. 1840]
Description:
1 handkerchief : cotton, hemmed ; 22 x 24 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes:
Cream-colored cotton printed in red.
From the nursery rhyme, "Old Mother Hubbard".
Variant Title:
She went to the sempstress to buy him some linen, But when she came back the Dog was a-spinning
Provenance:
From the collections of Julia P. Wightman.
Summary:
Image in the center in a double circle shows an older woman and a dog spinning. Text below, "She went to the sempstress to buy him some linen, But when she came back the Dog was a-spinning." Square decorative border. One from a "Mother Hubbard series" of handkerchiefs (cf. Murphy)
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