So many children (circa 1975)

Etching and aquatint, 39.5 x 50.5 cm (plate line); 59.5 x 69.5 cm (sheet), titled in pencil lower centre, editioned 9/20 lower left, signed by Blackman in pencil lower right, a fine example, unframed.

A fine large format Blackman etching illustrating the traditional English nursery rhyme There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children, she didn’t know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread;
Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.

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.