Prythee Jack Horner
Datec.1896
Artist
Laura Coombs Hills
(American artist, 1859–1952)
Illustration CitationPrang of Boston Christmas Card, 1896
MediumWatercolor and gold paint on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 7 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 cm)
sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (22.2 × 15.6 cm)
sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in. (22.2 × 15.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-6
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCoombs Hills probably designed this watercolor, which illustrates a figure from the Mother Goose nursery rhymes, as a Christmas card, as it features the character’s usual verse changed to a Christmas-themed poem.
