Original artwork by children’s book illustrator Peter Malone, from ‘A World of Words – An ABC of Quotations’ published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, USA in 1998
You spotted snakes with double tongue, Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen; Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong, Come not near our fairy queen. – William Shakespeare
Media used: Gouache and watercolour