ALMOST A PARTRIDGE + A PEAR TREE - 8 X 5 pastel

ALMOST A PARTRIDGE + A PEAR TREE

8" x 5" pastel + gold scrolled frame

SOLD - PRIVATE COLLECTOR

The Twelve Days of Christmas are approaching quickly. 

And do you know of the verse?

The twelfth day of Christmas, | My true love sent to me | 

Twelve lords a-leaping, | Eleven pipers piping, | Ten ladies 

dancing, | Nine drummers drumming, | Eight maids a-milking, 

| Seven swans a-swimming, | Six geese a-laying, | Five gold 

rings, | Four colly birds, | Three French hens,| Two turtle doves, 

and | A partridge in a pear tree.

The origin of Twelve Days is not known, with claims both 

attributed to the French and English. The game, where the verse 

is sung between children, was first published in Mirth 

Without Mischief  in 1780. The first day falls on December 25 

or 26th, depending on the tradition.

So my little pastel - which sold recently with a big 

thanks to Tirage Gallery - depicts a humorous rendition 

of the partridge.