Chris Beetles Gallery

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Pease Pudding Hot

After Margaret Tarrant

Price

£650

Medium

Ink and watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions

6 ¾ x 5 ½ inches

Illustrated

Similar to Margaret Tarrant, Nursery Rhymes, London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1916, page 113 [published in colour]

Exhibited

'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 26

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.

Pease pudding hot.
Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot,
Nine days old.

Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.