Unbleached cotton (three sides hemmed), printed in brick red with the nursery rhyme "The Life and Death of Jenny Wren". One large central illustration surrounded by 12 smaller ones and the 15 verses.
A note attached records "Handkerchief belonging to my eldest brother Longfield, who died 1806, aged two years, of whooping cough".
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Length: 13.75 in
Width: 11.25 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
Production date: AD 1806
Accession number: T.9-1922
Primary reference Number: 198807
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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