Reading and reading skills were popular topics among the federal artists who created this and many other works. One story of the origin of Little Miss Muffet is that a Dr. Thomas Muffet wrote it to depict his daughter Patience in the early 1600's. It did not appear in a printed version until 1805 in "Songs for the Nursery." Through the years it has experienced several word changes, particularly Little Miss Muffet's name. At one time is started, "Little Mary Ester who sat on a tester." The "tuffet" she sits on is a small stool and Miss Muffet, of course, was originally eating her curs and whey. For the size and simplicity of the poem, much has been written on its origins and derivations.

Greg Arlington, the painter of this version of Little Miss Muffet, was one of thousands of artists working in the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration which was started in 1935. The project created many thousands of original art works and it also created documentation of over 20,000 photographic records of American art, painting, sculpture, handicraft and folk art. The project was dissolved in 1943.

The Library of Congress is the largest single holder of WPA posters, having over 900 in its collection

Medium : 1 print on poster board : silkscreen, color

Created/Published : Chicago, Illinois, WPA Art Project, completed between 1936 and 1940

Creator : Greg Arlington, artist

Part of the Works Projects Administration Collection in the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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