1884 Collection (page 19)

There was a little man, who had a little gun
The Little Man (who has no name) fires at Johnny Sprig and knocks his wig off

Freddy meets the Little Man who had a little gun
Freddy meets another of his nursery rhyme heroes, the Little Man who had a little gun. Also at the table is Mary, Quite Contrary, as can be seen by her expression

Jack and Jill with Margery and Freddy on the hill
Jill shows Margery and Freddy the view from the top of the hill, while Jack sits and nurses his sore head

Encounter with Jack and Jill
Margery and Freddy introduce themselves to Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill take a tumble on the hill
Jack and Jill take a tumble on their way down the hill -- the water is spilt and Jack injures his head

Nursery rhyme heroes at a table
Margery and Freddy meet two more of their nursery rhyme heroes, the King and Queen of Hearts, sitting at a table

Children at table with picture book
A brother and sister look at pictures in their book of nursery rhymes

Maid sees little girl asleep
The maid is pleased to see that Margery is already fast asleep

Tom the Pipers Son and toy soldiers
Tom the Pipers Son shows Margery and Freddy some toy soldiers standing guard outside a palace

Maid tells children its bedtime
The maid comes to remind Freddy and Margery that its their bedtime

Jack and Jill filling a pail of water
Jack lowers his pail into the water while Jill prevents him from falling in by holding tightly to the back of his jacket

Nursery stories, cover design
Cover design of an illustrated book of nursery stories, showing a royal procession watched by a delighted brother and sister

Tom the Pipers Son grabs pig by tail
Tom the Pipers Son grabs a surprised pig by the tail

The old woman who lived in a shoe
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn t know what to do

Tom the Pipers Son throws a bone for a dog
Tom the Pipers Son throws a bone for Old Mother Hubbards Dog, in an amalgam of two nursery rhymes

Freddy and Margery, brother and sister
Freddy and Margery discuss the characters in the nursery stories they have been reading

Margery and Freddy meet Jack and Jill
Margery and Freddy meet two of their nursery rhyme heroes, Jack and Jill

Simple Simon meeting a pieman
Simple Simon meets a pieman going to the fair

Meyerhof / Otto / Nobel 1922
OTTO MEYERHOF German biochemist

Mccormick / Cyrus / Cig Card
CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK American inventor and industrialist, best known for his reaping machine

Mccormick / Cyrus / W Invent
CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK American inventor and industrialist, best known for his reaping machine

F N M Moigno
Francois Napoleon Marie MOIGNO known as L Abbe Moigno, French scientist and abbe, writer

Jean-Baptiste Dumas
JEAN-BAPTISTE DUMAS French chemist and statesman

F a A Mignet
F A A MIGNET French historian and archivist

Leopold / Albany / Graphic
LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY 4th son of Queen Victoria on his wedding day

Leopold / Albany / Vfair 77
LEOPOLD DUKE OF ALBANY 4th son of Queen Victoria

Georges Duhamel / Manuel
GEORGES DUHAMEL French writer

Evert Cornelis / Postcard
EVERT CORNELIS Dutch conductor and pianist

Costa / Cig Card
SIR MICHAEL COSTA British composer and conductor, born in Italy

Bedrich Smetana / Photo
BEDRICH SMETANA Bohemian musician

Edvard Benes
EDVARD BENES Czech statesman, President of the Czech Republic

Nobel Works Scotland
Nobel explosives works at Ardeer, Scotland

Wilhelm Backhaus / Histed
WILHELM BACKHAUS German pianist, best known for his interpretation of Beethoven

Wilhelm Backhaus
WILHELM BACKHAUS German pianist, best known for his interpretation of Beethoven

Wilhelm Backhaus / Rotary
WILHELM BACKHAUS German pianist, best known for his interpretation of Beethoven

A Captured Deserter
A captured deserter led through the streets

Bonnor / Cricketer
George John Bonnor, Australian cricketer

Roosevelt / Eleanor / School
ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Future wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd US President - seen here in her class at the Marie Souvestre school, Wimbledon, south-west London

Mendel / Inheritance / Peas
Gregor Johann Mendel (1822 - 1884), Austrian botanist. Researched heritable characteristics, including the inheritance of the colour of the seed in the culinary pea

Edward Vii / Newcastle 84
EDWARD VII Invitation card to the visit of Edward and Alexandra to Newcastle, 20 August 1884

Leopold Carl / Saxe-Coburg
Leopold Carl Edward Georg Albrecht Von Saxe-Coburg & Gotha Son of the Duke of Albany

T Svedberg / Nobel 1926
THEODOR SVEDBERG Swedish chemist

Sheffield / Harpers 1884
Sheffield, Yorkshire: viewed from the high level at Victoria Station

Stephen Graham - 1
STEPHEN GRAHAM Journalist, historian and traveller, praised for his coverage of World War One

Cholera / Quarantine / 1884
Quarantine at Marseilles: officers of the ships in detentions being visited by their wives and children

Child Selling Matches
A London street Arab selling matches

Massenet / Manon / Liebig
The opera performed at the Paris Opera

1884 Greenaway Calendar
An 1884 calendar by Kate Greenaway

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