The Maid and the Pail of Milk

The Maid and the Pail of Milk
A country maid was carrying a pail of milk on her head to the farmhouse, daydreaming as she went. "The money from this milk will buy me three hundred eggs. Allowing for a few rotten ones, that's two hundred and fifty chickens, ready just when poultry prices are high. By the new year I'll have enough for a new gown. Green, yes, green suits me best. I'll wear it to the fair, and all the young fellows will beg me to dance. But I'll toss my head and refuse every one of them." Carried away, she tossed her head, and down came the pail, and with it every one of her dreams.

~ Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Paper: A2 (420 × 594 mm) Fabriano Accademia 120 gsm
Image size: 230 × 350 mm

Hand-pulled linocut, hand-burnished, no press.
Printed with Caligo oil-based ink.
Original print, not a reproduction.
Slight variation in ink and finish is part of the process, not a flaw.
Edition of 30, numbered and signed.
Unframed, shipped in a protective tube.