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Children's handkerchief with verse, "How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour" [object].

Accession number
PML 87298
Published
United States, late 19th century
Credit line
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2007.
Notes
Printed in red and black on cream-colored cotton.
Words by Isaac Watts (1674-1748); alluded to in Alice's advertures in Wonderland, 2.8.
Description
1 handkerchief : cotton, hemmed ; 26 x 27 cm
Provenance
Eunice K. Burnstein.
Summary
Central image of four children looking at a beehive; various birds in corners including a turkey and a peacock; text printed at the top, "How doth the little busy bee / Improve each shining hour"; text at the bottom, "And gather honey all the day / From every opening flower."
Classification
Department