Oh Daffy-down-dilly in a giddy green gown

Oh Daffy-down-dilly in a giddy green gown
Oh Daffy-down-dilly in a giddy green gown

Oh Daffy-down-dilly in a giddy green gown

Datec.1896
Artist (American artist, 1859–1952)
Illustration CitationPrang of Boston Christmas Card, 1896
MediumWatercolor and gold paint on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (19.1 × 13 cm)
sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (22.2 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-3
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Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
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.

The original nursery rhyme about Daffy-down-dilly refers to the daffodil's spring arrival in a “yellow petticoat and green gown." Here, the poet changes the season to the chilly winter.






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