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

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

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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