Accession number
PML 88583
Published
[England, 1850s]
Credit line
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.
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.
Description
1 handkerchief : linen, hemmed ; 21 x 29 cm
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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