The Lady of Ryde

I gave three Owen Wood illustrations of Edward Lear’s limericks to Genest to cut in Figure-It-Out style. The titles were ‘Man in a Tree’, ‘The Lady of Ryde’, and ‘Man in a Kettle’. (This is a companion series to Puzzlewood’s four Owl & the Pussycat jigsaws.) They are brilliantly line-cut, with the dropouts of Man in a Tree being the most intricate.

There was a Young Lady of Ryde,
Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied:
She purchased some clogs,
And some small spotted dogs.
And frequently walked about Ryde.

All three jigsaws were cut in a stack of two. They can be assembled as F-I-O shaped jigsaws, or within a white, framed background. The second copies were sold to benefit a French Covid charity.

Artist: Owen Wood
Date: 2017
Brand: Le Colimacon
Material: 3ply plywood
Nationality: French
Pieces: 630
Series: Edward Lear Limericks
Theme: Edward Lear Illustration
Title: The Lady of Ryde