Hickety, pickety, my black hen, she lays eggs for gentlemen by Leonard Leslie Brooke

Gentleman in top hat points cane at black hen on eggs beside a boy in green cap, with a Fresh Eggs sign.

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A color illustration shows an elderly gentleman in a blue coat and top hat pointing a cane toward a black hen sitting on a nest of straw and eggs, while a small boy in a green cap watches beside him. A wooden sign reads Mrs. Hickety Pickety Fresh Eggs, and a rooster and hens roam a garden with a cottage in the background. The work is the print Hickety, pickety, my black hen, she lays eggs for gentlemen by Leonard Leslie Brooke.

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