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Culture:English
Title:handkerchief: The Cotters Saturday Night
Date Made:1795-1805
Type:Personal Equipment
Materials:textile: copperplate printed, plain weave linen (toile)
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 17 in x 19 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 48.895 cm
Accession Number:  HD F.980
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Copperplate-printed handkerchief on linen with "The Cotters Saturday Night", which was engraved by Robert Gray based on painting by David Allen (1744-1796) done before 1792, which itself was based on the poem of the same title by Robert Burns (1759-1796) published in 1786. The scene depicts a family seated around a patriarch who is reading from the Book of Genesis, all surrounded by a narrow border of thistle.

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