Nursery Gallery

Nursery is a place where young children are taken care of and educated, and is usually for children aged between three months and five years old

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

Lords Cricket Ground as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch and pavilion of Lords Cricket Ground, during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. But ne er a penny was therein, except the lining round it. 20th century

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock, Are the children in their beds...?

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Three Little Kittens Are Washing Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905

Kelways Manual. Plants, Seeds and Bulbs
Front cover of Kelways nursery catalogue from 1898 featuring Kelways new peony

Plate 18
Colour woodblock print of Iris Sazanami from the catalogue of a Yokohama nursery which specialised in Iris kaempferi. The Yokohama nurseries supplied catalogues of plants for sale overseas

Peter Pan / Michael & Nana
Michael rides on the back of the dog Nana

Chadburn Brothers, Optical Instrument Makers, Albion Works, Nursery Street
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 855 L

Nosey Kids
10th August 1942: Nursery school children gather round a Chrysler car belonging to Mrs JG Winan, the wife of the US ambassador to Britain

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away ! - Polly fills her kettle at the pump

Three Little Kittens
The Three Little Kittens are washing their mittens. 19th century

1913-14 Bulbs, Plants and Seeds
Front cover of the 1913-14 Yokohama Nursery Co Descriptive catalogue depicting Kirengeshoma palmata, Shortia uniflora and Dicentra pusilla

Catalogue of Seeds
Front cover of the nursery catalogue of Richard Smith and Co of Worcester depicting a posy of cut flowers and a garden scene. Date: 1898

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffys house

Little Miss Muffet (K.G
She upsets her stool when she finds a - really, rather small - spider sharing it with her

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Children in a Room, 1909. Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Children in a Room, 1909. Vuillard, Edouard-Jean (1868-1940). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

New Lanark Mills, Scotland. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills, housing, education, worlds first day nursery, evening classes, village shop (beginning of Co-operative movement)

Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century

Lucy Locket / Greenaway
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. There was not a penny in it but a ribbon round it

Mary had a little pig
Traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1918

Rock-a-bye-baby - Illustration of traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: From Cassells Childrens Annual. Florence Mary Anderson circa 1920

WW1 - Lords Cricket Ground used as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch of the Marylebone Cricket Ground (Lord s), during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Nursery Rhyme -- Baa Baa Black Sheep
Nursery Rhyme - Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Date: circa 1920s

J Mercer. The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... 20th century

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly

The nursery rhyme, Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away. Date: c. 1930

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row

Rather wonderful pair (possibly father and son?) dressed as Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. The boy on the right is Tom, while the man on the left, dressed as a yokel, holds the pig that Tom steals

Christmas Is Coming
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you havent got a penny a hapenny will do If you havent got a hapenny God bless you Father Christmas sits in

Dressing doll. Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

The man in the Moon
A boy, retrieving his kite from the branches of a tree, finds himself confronted by the Man in the Moon

Yokohama Nursery Catalogue
Front cover of the 1927-8 Descriptive Catalogue of the Yokohama Nursery Co, Ltd

No. 3 Saio-Ga-Uma
Colour woodblock print of Iris No. 3 Saio-Ga-Uma from volume II of the Yokohama nursery catalogue of Seitaro Arai which specialised in Iris kaempferi

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy Wheeler
A little boy and girl stare up at a wall on which sits a very superior looking Humpty Dumpty wearing a crown and an eye glass

If all the World Was
If all the world was apple pie; And all the sea was ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have to drink? Date: circa 1912

Nursery Characters - How Many Can You Spot? by Pauline Bayne
Stunningly detailed illustration by Pauline Baynes featuring no less than 56 different nursery rhyme characters. Can you spot them all? If not, there is a key to the picture in Holly Leaves, 1954

Cock Robin 1
After the unfortunate death of Cock Robin, the Rook reads the burial service

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Nursery rhyme, This Little Pig
Depiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc

Two children admire new baby
Two children admire the new baby: " Mum found him in an Easter egg..."

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Nursery is a place where young children are taken care of and educated, and is usually for children aged between three months and five years old. Nurseries provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment for children to learn, play and develop their social skills. They offer activities such as art, music, stories, physical activities and outdoor play which help to develop the physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills of the child. Nurseries also provide meals tailored to the needs of each individual child with healthy snacks throughout the day. The staff in nurseries are qualified professionals who are trained in childcare practices as well as health & safety regulations ensuring that all children in their care receive quality care.