The weather became beautiful. For whole days the sun streamed down and Ireland looked more and more glorious. Without noticing it the children's lives fell into a pattern. After breakfast at least three times a week they gardened ... Most days after gardening the children picnicked on the beach.

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The weather became beautiful. For whole days the sun streamed down and Ireland looked more and more glorious. Without noticing it the children's lives fell into a pattern. After breakfast at least three times a week they gardened ... Most days after gardening the children picnicked on the beach.

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)

Price

£1,450

Signed

Inscribed 'gardening' below mount

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

5 ¼ x 6 inches

Illustrated

Noel Streatfeild, The Growing Summer, London: Collins, 1966, page 162

Exhibited

'The Human Touch: The Art of Edward Ardizzone', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April-May 2025

'The horrid truth was that in one of the rooms off the kitchen a shameful pile of washing was collecting, all their sheets and all their dirty clothes. But from the quick, unwilling glance Penny gave Mrs Beeton on washing, she was not helpful for those wanted to do laundry in Reenmore', page 162

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