Hickory hickory dock (circa 1975)

Etching and aquatint, 50.5 x 39.5 cm (plate line); 69.5 x 59.5 cm (sheet), printed on Arches paper, titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 15/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a couple of small spots of foxing in the margin, unframed.

A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme.

Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory dickory dock.

Collections:

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, acquired 1978

Provenance:

The estate of the late Barbara Blackman (1928 – 2024)

The estate of the late Felicity St. John Moore (1933 – 2025), art historian, curator and authority on the celebrated Australian artist Charles Blackman (1928-2018)

by descent.