From Mistress Mary's Silver Bells

From Mistress Mary's Silver Bells
From Mistress Mary's Silver Bells

From Mistress Mary's Silver Bells

Datec.1896
Artist (American artist, 1859–1952)
Illustration CitationPrang of Boston Christmas Card, 1896
MediumWatercolor and gold paint on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 7 3/8 × 5 1/8 in. (18.7 × 13 cm)
sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 in. (24.8 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2018
Object number2018-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCoombs Hills probably designed these watercolors, which illustrates figures from the Mother Goose nursery rhymes, as Christmas cards, as it features the character’s usual verse changed to a Christmas-themed poem.
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