Passing down through the generations on my Mum’s side of my family is a lovely framed print of what we have always called the Penny A Bunch Painting. 

From my earliest memories I recall the print hanging on the living room wall of my Grandparents home in Palmerston North.

With the passing of my parents it was a lovely surprise to find I am now custodian of the family print.

This print is around 114years old, and 
by the British artist G E Hicks.    It 

Depicts a pretty girl with blue eyes selling her violets; and is signed by GE Hicks 99.

Painted in Launceston Tasmania, Hicks met this child on a casual trip and was enchanted with her…and asked to paint her.