Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard

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Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard

Henry Bacon, American, 1839–1912
x1944-219

Information

Title
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard
Maker
Henry Bacon
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
10.4 x 8.3 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1944-219
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: H. Bacon
Inscription
in brown ink: Old mother Hubbard | went to the cupboard SC-
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, wove paper
Subject
nursery rhymes, figures (representations), cupboards, women

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