Excessively Collection

Bewick / Honey Badger
(mellivora capensis) aka RATEL This mustolid is so named, curiously enough, because like Pooh it is excessively fond of honey. It lives in South Africa

Fantasy Greyhound 1928
A wonderfully exaggerated depiction of an excessively elegant greyhound, painted on a red background

A Pair of Chelsea Dwarfs
A photograph showcasing a pair of Chelsea Manion House dwarf figurines, standing on grassy mound bases. Each of them wear excessively large hats. Date: circa 1922

Cambridge students wearing Oxford bags
The youth of Cambridge displaying the latest university craze for excessively wide trousers, called Oxford bags, originating at Oxford University in the mid-1920s. Date: 1925

There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose Soup was excessively cool (litho)
966342 There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose Soup was excessively cool (litho) by Lear, Edward (1812-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was a Young Lady of Poole)

NOISE POLLUTION TESTER
This man measures noise pollution - street traffic, excessively loud speakers, motor vehicles, machinery etc, at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. Date: 5 October 1932

Lear / Nonsense / Portugal
There was a Young Lady of Portugal, whose ideas were excessively nautical; She climbed up a tree, to examine the sea, but declared she would never leave Portugal

Lear / Nonsense / Poole
There was a Young Lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool; So she put it to boil by the aid of some oil, that ingenious Young Lady of Poole

Lear / Nonsense / Hague
There was an Old Man of the Hague, whose ideas were excessively vague; He built a balloon to examine the moon, that deluded Old Man of the Hague

Sharing the Newspaper
- Will you oblige me with the paper after you, sir ? - Sir, I am excessively sorry, but its engaged by the gentleman in black

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Amidst the whimsical world of fantasies, a Honey Badger named Bewick, with his unyielding spirit, raced against a 1928 Fantasy Greyhound, leaving all in awe. A pair of Chelsea Dwarfs, with their quirky charm, cheered them on, as Cambridge students, each carrying an Oxford bag, looked on, engrossed in the spectacle. Nearby, a young lady of Poole, whose soup was excessively cool (litho), tested the noise pollution levels with a tester, while Lear's nonsensical poems about Portugal, Poole, and Hague echoed in the background. Sharing the newspaper, they all reveled in the absurdity of it all.