Auguste Blackman 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat' earth tones Printed on 250 gsm Velin

Printed on 250 gsm Velin Arches paper

This work of art is presented in a baguette style frame which makes the image seem to float

Stephen COLLINS

Framed Dimensions: 48 x 39 x 2 cm

‘So Many Children is visually engrossing

Auguste Blackman 'The Owl and the Pussy-Cat' earth tones Printed on 250 gsm VelinAuguste Blackmans The Owl and the Pussy Cat is named after Edward Lears famous 1871 poem. Like Lewis Carroll and Alice in Wonderland, Lear wrote this poem for a friends child. Whether there is any meaning to it, other than mere delight, is a subject of debate. Lear was afterall a nonsense writer, the inventor of the fatuous term runcible. Some argue however, that his poem was a commentary on Victorian society. In the delicious absurdity of Lears prose