First she scrubbed their faces.
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Item data
Title
First she scrubbed their faces.
Collection
Children's book illustrations
Book illustrations -- Potter
Names
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1907
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC-CHI BOOK-Pot
Subjects
Bathing
Dresses
Cats
Animals in human situations
Genres
Notes
Source Note: The tale of Tom Kitten / by Beatrix Potter. New York : F. Warne, 1907.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 12.5 x 9 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e0ab340-c5bb-012f-06e1-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1907
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "First she scrubbed their faces." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1907. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e0ab340-c5bb-012f-06e1-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1907). First she scrubbed their faces. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e0ab340-c5bb-012f-06e1-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "First she scrubbed their faces." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1e0ab340-c5bb-012f-06e1-58d385a7bc34
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