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Call Me Early Mother Dear, for I’m to be Queen of the May

John Worthington Gregory and WPA/Federal Art Project, Boston

Call Me Early Mother Dear, for I’m to be Queen of the May

1935

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Call Me Early Mother Dear, for I’m to be Queen of the May

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph with scraping, Sheet: 327 x 287 mm. (12 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.) Image: 257 x 180 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number L.1943.9.640
Extended Loans IN

Inscribed: RECTO: LL margin (pencil): 'Call me early mother dear, for I'm to be Queen of the May'; LR margin (pencil): 'John W.Gregory 1936'; BR Corner on stone: 'J.W.G.'. VERSO: TL (pencil): 'WPA-1936 / 'Call moth[crossed out] me early mother dear, for I'm to be Queen of the May' / 7 1/8 x 10 1/4' / John W. Gregory' and (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; UR (blue grease pencil): '90-17'; TR (stamped in blue ink): 'AUG 3 1936'; L Ctr: BMA stamp.

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