Collections record Beta

Handkerchief

1975-04-1

Natural colored linen handkerchief. Hemmed on each side. Stitched around outside edge of handkerchief in gold/brown thread, "mark my sister now the roses. Emulate thy damask cheek. How the bud its sweets discloses. Buds thy of nine bloom bespeak./ Lilies are by plain direction. Emblem of a double kind. Emblems of thy fair complexion. Emblem of thy fairer mind. But near (illegible - maybe end?)/ both flowers and beauty Blossom face and die away. Then pursue good sense and duty. Evergreens which never decay (?)/ Fairest flower all flowers excelling. Which in milton's page we see flowers of Eve's imbowered dwelling. Are my Dear Girl types of thee./ Jane E. Radcliff's. Presented her by her sister Belinda Ann May 1820."

Jane Radcliffe Joy was a student at the Litchfield Female Academy from 1826 to 1828. Her sister, Belinda Radcliffe Hollister, attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1829.

ca. 1820

Length 21"; Width 23"

• linen