Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Handkerchief:
Object Number:
1941.375
Date:
ca. 1941
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 9 in. ( 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: at corners: in script, "Ring-around-a-rosy! / Baa, baa, black sheep!/ Pussy-cat Pussy-cat, Whre have you been?/ Mistress Mary quite contrary!"
Description:
Cotton printed handkerchief with four images of children's nursury rhymes printed in red, blue, yellow, and black on a white ground; blue, yellow, red striped border.
Provenance:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
