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Then the baker gave the mouse bread, and mouse gave the butcher bread, and butcher gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave mouse hay, and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse gave cat milk, and cat gave mouse her own tail again.

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979)


Price
SOLD

Medium
Watercolour on a printed base

Dimensions
5 ¼ x 5 ½ inches

Illustrated
James Reeves, Three Tall Tales, New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1964, page 16

Exhibited
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1806-2025', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2025-January 2026, no 149

Hand coloured by Edward Ardizzone over a printer's proof base.


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