Untitled (Simple Simon)
Mary Smith, Artist
This is one of the
watercolours
in our collection.
It was made in
Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand
in Sep 1918.
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Object Detail
Measurements
Image: 304 x 226mm
Support: 322 x 246mm
Matt: 457 x 558mm
Frame: 610 x 507 x 25mm
Support: 322 x 246mm
Matt: 457 x 558mm
Frame: 610 x 507 x 25mm
Media
ink and watercolour on paper
Description
Illustration of a scene from the nursery rhyme Simple Simon. The scene depicted is possibly taken from verse two.
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Let me taste your ware.
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Show me first your penny;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Indeed I have not any.
Simple Simon went a-fishing,
For to catch a whale;
All the water he had got,
Was in his mother's pail.
Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.
Simple Simon met a pieman,
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Let me taste your ware.
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
Show me first your penny;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Indeed I have not any.
Simple Simon went a-fishing,
For to catch a whale;
All the water he had got,
Was in his mother's pail.
Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Lilian Smith.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
19 Aug 1983
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Accession Number:
1988/27/123