Accession number:
PML 88583
Published:
[England, 1850s]
Description:
1 handkerchief : linen, hemmed ; 21 x 29 cm
Credit:
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes:
Cream-colored linen printed in red.
Shortened version of William Roscoe's (1753-1831) The butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast, which first appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine in November 1806 and was published, illustrated with colored drawings by William Mulready, in 1807 by John Harris, owner of the Juvenile Library in London.
Variant Title:
Butterfly's ball and the grasshopper's feast
Inscriptions/Markings:
Initials embroidered in black thread to the right of cartoon panels.
Provenance:
From the collections of Julia P. Wightman.
Summary:
Three rows of four cartoon panels with lettering at the top. The first panel contains the title.
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