Painting #10: Jack In The Green
BORDER PHRASE: “I am old, Jack in the Green, eye glass put in order to pass.”
BARBED LETTER WORD: MOULD
RED LETTER WORD: JELLY
WORD FROM THE MASTER RIDDLE: POINTS
HIDDEN HARE: There’s always room for (hares in) Jell-O.
CLUES & COMMENTS: Jack in the Green is a character from English folklore, so the green gelatin where Jack appears here is a pun. The names Lister and Levy on the storefronts in the background are the owners of the Portal Gallery, where Kit’s work was displayed for many years.
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This picture was spoofed in one of the Spitting Image books.
My dad obsessed over this book when it came out – and even turned to writing computer programs in order to decipher as much as possible. I’ve just come across the book (and all his copious notes) for maybe the tenth time in my life, and an observation that always blows me away is this:
The time on the clock (through the jelly) reads 4.10 – or 1610. The total sum of letters in the border phrases throughout the book is… 1610!
Has no one noticed that “sweet confectionary” is misspelling? It should be “sweet confectionery”. perhaps this was deliberate. But I don’t think so.
What do the frosted letters on the window we are looking through spell? I think it is Antiquties
It is.