don't cry over spilt milk
Size - 23 cms by 30 cms
Style of frame - delicate carved oak wooden frame
Fabric / Background - original print of engraving dated 1877 from "The Prize". he Prize for Girls and Boys was a children's periodical published in London, primarily by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bound annual volumes were common throughout the 1890s, with volumes available for years such as 1890, 1895, and 1898. The publication continued into the 1910s, with copies documented from 1913 and 1915.
Wording - The phrase "don't cry over spilt milk" originated in 17th-century Britain, with the earliest known printed version, “No weeping for shed milk,” appearing in James Howell’s Paramoigraphy (Proverbs) in 1659.
