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The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contraryMary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930
Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898.jpgIllustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. But ne er a penny was therein, except the lining round it. 20th century
Three Little Kittens Are Washing Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905
"There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I fearedLLM386602 " There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared! ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co
Three Little KittensThe Three Little Kittens are washing their mittens. 19th century
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
Cover design, Ovaltine ABC Rhyme Book - a happy family with a giant Ovaltine tin. Date: early 20th century
Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century
Mary had a little pigTraditional 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
Nursery Rhyme -- Baa Baa Black SheepNursery Rhyme - Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Date: circa 1920s
J Mercer. The Queen of HeartsThe 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
"There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do", from A Book of NonsenseLLM386624 " There was an Old Man of Corfu, who never knew what he should do", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co
The nursery rhyme, Georgie Porgie, pudding and pieGeorgie 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 RhymeMary, 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 ComingChristmas 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 WhittingtonDick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century
Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy WheelerA 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 WasIf 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
New England Primer pageLesson page in the New England Primer, edition of about 1811. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash
Nursery Characters - How Many Can You Spot? by Pauline BayneStunningly 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
Nursery rhyme, This Little PigDepiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc
Kings of England, reproduction of possibly the first jigsaw puzzle, c1772350 Kings of England, reproduction of possibly the first jigsaw puzzle, c.1820, from The Sketch Magazine, Coronation Number, published 1937 (colour litho) by English School
I saw a ship a-sailing - Traditional nursery rhyme. From The Land of Nursery Rhyme published by JM Dent Date: 1930
Second World War child evacuee, c1939 (colour litho)3104406 Second World War child evacuee, c1939 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Second World War child evacuee, c1939)
Cartoon of monkeys playing billiards, Christmas greetings card. (chromolitho)6031508 Cartoon of monkeys playing billiards, Christmas greetings card. (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cartoon of monkeys playing billiards)
The nursery rhyme Lets go to bedLets go to bed, said sleepyhead. Tarry a while, said slow, Put on the pan, said greedy Nan, Lets sup before we go. Date: c. 1930
Suffragette, An Easter Prophecy. Suffragette hen with chick, rabbit and eggs. The hen carries a Votes for Women placard and the rhyme reads, When hens all join the suffrage ranks
Sing a Song of Sixpence -- the king cuts into his pie, and the blackbirds start to sing. 19th century
Curly Locks 2Bonny lass, pretty lass, wilt thou be mine ? Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine... (except for the opening words, its the Curly locks rhyme)
Lady on the White Horse, Banbury (coloured photo)3642735 Lady on the White Horse, Banbury (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady on the White Horse, Banbury)
Nursery rhyme: Little Boy Blue (chromolitho)5990948 Nursery rhyme: Little Boy Blue (chromolitho) by Haslewood, Constance (fl.1890); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Boy Blue)
Little Tommy Tittlemouse (colour litho)3631217 Little Tommy Tittlemouse (colour litho) by Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Tommy Tittlemouse)
Four & Twenty Blackbirds Date: circa 1918
Curly Locks Date: circa 1918
Dressing doll. Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Dressing doll. Little Miss Muffett. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Little Folk Misfitz - Where are you going to my pretty maid. circa 1910
The nursery rhyme, Little Miss MuffetLittle Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey; there cam a big spider, and sat down beside her, and frightened Miss Muffet away. Date: c. 1930
The nursery rhyme, Jack and JillJack and Jill went up the hill, to fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after. Date: c. 1930
The nursery rhyme, See-saw, Margery DawSee-saw Margery Daw, Johnny shall have a new master; he shall have but a penny a day because he cant work any faster. Date: c. 1930
The nursery rhyme, Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree topRock-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, when the wind blows, the cradle will rock, when the bough breaks the cradle will fall, down will come baby, cradle and all. Date: c. 1930
Polling Booth. Woman in mortar board stands beside a convict in his prison uniform. Captioned, Companions in Disgrace with an accompanying rhyme which begins, Convicts and Women kindly note
