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Little Jack Horner

After Margaret Tarrant


Price
£750

Medium
Ink and watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions
7 x 5 ¼ inches

Illustrated
Similar to Margaret Tarrant, Nursery Rhymes, London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1916, page 80 [published in colour]

Exhibited
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 25

This illustration from Margaret Tarrant's Nursery Rhymes was republished many times in different formats over the next 80 years. it is likely that this monochrome version, adapted from the original colour version, was for a later publication, possibly by a publisher's in-house artist. Due to the costs and limited supplies of paper and ink during both world wars, it is possible it was for one published during either of the wars, research is ongoing.

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, 'What a good boy am I!'


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