Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a white lady ride on a white horse! Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And so she makes music wherever she goes

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Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a white lady ride on a white horse! Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And so she makes music wherever she goes

Honor Appleton (1879-1951)

Price

£3,500

Signed

Signed
Inscribed with title below mount

Medium

Watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions

10 ½ x 7 inches

Illustrated

Letty & Frank Littlewood (eds), Our Nursery Rhyme Book, London: Herbert and Daniel, 1912, facing page 14

Exhibited

'Honor C Appleton (1879-1951)', Chris Beetles Gallery, 9-27 May 1990, No 193;
'The Illustrators. The British Art of Illustration 1870-2021', Chris Beetles Gallery, November 2021-January 2022, No 49;
'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1807-2026' Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2026-January 2027, no 20

Pencil drawing of children on reverse

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