Thumb Collection (page 2)

The Last Pinch - old man taking snuff. circa late 19th century

Eurasian Ruffe and Millers Thumb
Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua, also known as Ruff, Jack Ruff, Ruffe and Pope), and Millers Thumb (Cottus gobio, also known as Freshwater Sculpin, European Bullhead)

Cottus gobio, or European Bullhead, a freshwater fish also known as Millers Thumb, Freshwater Sculpin, River Bullhead and Common Bullhead. Date: 1863

THUMB, Peter (1681-1766). Church of Saint-Gall. 1755-1766. FEUCHTMAYER, Joseph Anton (1696-1770). SWITZERLAND. Sankt Gallen. Abbey of Saint Gall. Choir stalls. 18th c

Boy sitting with his teddy bear on a comfy armchair. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

The Turkish Tom Thumb - Pasha Hayati Hassid. Born 1852 - height 30 inches - weight 34 lbs - spoke seven languages. Introduced to England by Lloyd Forsyth

At the Ogres Dwelling
Hop O My Thumb and his brothers arrive at the dwelling of the ogre in the forest; the ogres wife shines a lantern on them

Hop O my Thumb up a Tree
Hop O My Thumb climbs to the top of a tall tree to see what he can see after the brothers are lost in a dense forest

Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London

Herbert Campbell, music hall singer
Herbert Campbell (1846-1904), popular music hall singer and Drury Lane pantomime performer. Date: circa 1900s

Greetings card in the shape of a winter glove. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of a babys knitted mitten
Greetings card in the shape of a babys pink and white knitted mitten. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a boxing glove (open), with a turkey and a pudding having a fight. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement, Tom Smiths Tom Thumb Crackers
Advertisement, Tom Smiths Tom Thumb Christmas Crackers. circa 1900

Charles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. Engr
Charles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. Hop-o -My-Thumbs ogre. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1862. Colored

Music cover, Hop O My Thumb Two-Step by Hanid Alexander. 1910

Cartoon, Father Christmas and theatre people
Cartoon, Father Christmas asks a group of theatre people what they have done for him this year (probably in terms of Christmas entertainment). 1880

Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative leader, thumbing his nose at a hostile audience. 1880

Greetings card in the shape of a glove
Greetings card in the shape of a bright pink glove, lying on an open envelope. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card in the shape of a glove
New Year card in the shape of a blue glove. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a glove
Christmas card in the shape of a brown leather glove. circa 1890s

Sir Francis Buller
SIR FRANCIS BULLER Brilliant British lawyer who became the youngest ever judge at 32. Best known for rule of thumb statement regarding beating ones wife with a rod. Date: 1746 - 1800

Tom Thumb (18th Cent)
TOM THUMB a resident of Bristol, depicted at the age of 105; his precise dates are unknown, but this is a late 18th century engraving. Date: 18th century

Gobius paganellus, or Rock Goby, also known as Black Goby and Millers Thumb. Date: 1863

Charles Stratton, the American dwarf, 1844
A review, as featured in the Illustrated London News, 1844, reporting on the recent performance of Charles S. Stratton, the American dwarf (also known as General Tom Thumb)

WW2 Christmas card, jolly sailor giving the thumbs up. Date: 1941

WW2 greetings card, smiling soldier
WW2 pop-up greetings card, smiling soldier in khaki uniform. Date: circa 1942

WW2 greetings card, Thumbs up
WW2 pop-up greetings card, Thumbs up! Date: circa 1942

Two boys with cricket bat on a Balham street, SW London
Two boys with a cricket bat on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy scouts climbing Le Pouce, Mauritius
Boy scouts climbing Le Pouce (The Thumb), the third highest mountain in Mauritius

Tom Thumb. Traditional fairy tale. German. Date: 1912

Hop-o-my-thumb. Traditional fairy tale. Date: circa 1916

Emergency call button in telephone box
The emergency call button in a public telephone box -- just press the button and ask for Fire, Ambulance or Police. No number or coins required

Greetings from Nevada, USA, the one sound state -- no retail sales tax, no corporation tax, no state income tax, no inheritance tax, no thumb tax. Date: 1940

Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom Thumb
Nursery Rhymes. Above, the Jolly Miller, carrying a sack. Below, a woman sits at a table, watching Tom Thumb riding a tiny horse. Date: early 20th century

Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat
A Daubentons bat roosting. Photograph published on page 17 of Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002

The Story of Tom Thumb. From Playhour (1957)

The devils thumb, ships boring and warping in the pack

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