"The Eastern Question 1878", a white cotton puzzle handkerchief printed in black with portraits of Gortschakoff, Andrassy, Suavi Pacha and Bismark, which when folded reveal a portrait of Benjamin Disraeli--22 x 23in. (55 x 58cm.); and another, "Moral Pictures... By the late Dr. Benj. Franklin", monochrome printed in red with 24 scenes, the centre with a portrait of Franklin--24 x 17in. (60 x 43cm.), circa 1820, some damage
"The Eastern Question 1878", a white cotton puzzle handkerchief printed in black with portraits of Gortschakoff, Andrassy, Suavi Pacha and Bismark, which when folded reveal a portrait of Benjamin Disraeli--22 x 23in. (55 x 58cm.); and another, "Moral Pictures... By the late Dr. Benj. Franklin", monochrome printed in red with 24 scenes, the centre with a portrait of Franklin--24 x 17in. (60 x 43cm.), circa 1820, some damage

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"The Eastern Question 1878", a white cotton puzzle handkerchief printed in black with portraits of Gortschakoff, Andrassy, Suavi Pacha and Bismark, which when folded reveal a portrait of Benjamin Disraeli--22 x 23in. (55 x 58cm.); and another, "Moral Pictures... By the late Dr. Benj. Franklin", monochrome printed in red with 24 scenes, the centre with a portrait of Franklin--24 x 17in. (60 x 43cm.), circa 1820, some damage
See Composite Illustration
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Literature
See no. 19, "Printed Handkerchiefs", Mary Schoeser, Museum of London, 1988, for the first example.

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