Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Printed textile of poems
Title
Printed textile of poems
Object name
Handkerchief
Date
ca. 1820
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 11 in. ( 27.9 x 27.9 cm )
Description
Cotton block-printed handkerchief of childrens poems; three columns, each with a vignette at top and two poems beneath; printed in indigo ink on white ground; decorative border in indigo ink.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1944.274
Marks
printed: all over: "ONE LITTLE BOY./ I'm a little gentleman,/.../ ANOTHER LITTLE BOY./.../ COLUMBIA./ .../ OUR NATIVE LAND. / .../ THE LITTLE BOYS SONG. / .../ LITTLE MARY./ ..."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
