Attwell Collection (page 2)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - England expects
The Caption reads - England Expects presumably evoking the Nelsonian flag signal to his fleet. It was everymans war. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wats doing
The Caption reads W.A.Ts Doing? Women were called up from early in 1941 and this little lass may well be in the Womens Auxiliary Territorial Service. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1941

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Johnny get your gun
The Caption is Johnny get your gun! Mabel Lucie is perhaps unwittingly relating this card to the anti-war novel Johnny got his gun published in 1938 in which a soldier loses all his limbs in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot won t we do
The Caption reads Wot won t we do - when I gets you home! Most such captions are more frequent towards the end of the war when one could look forward to the soldier boys coming home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I m Missing You Somefing Orful
The Caption is Missing you somefing orful! If her love is in the Forces the War has another 5 months to run in Europe, and demobilisation was slow for many.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1945

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Happy Birthday
The ration book is clearly drawn, and cancelled coupons can be glimpsed. Petrol was the first to be rationed after the war began and eventually practically all commodities were

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Wot a fing to have
The Caption is Wot a fing to have to go to bed wif. The message on the card begins Hello Darling and later continues What do you think of this card? When I saw it I just had to get it

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dear Darlin Mine
The Caption is Dear Darlin Mine - I m feeling fine! The romantic message on the back emphasises the first three words.Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1944

The Butterfly Series - Would You Like to See Our Baby?

The Butterfly Series - Please Come In! early 20th century

The Butterfly Series - Would You Like Some?

The Butterfly Series - Gee Up! early 20th century

The Butterfly Series - I se Got You! early 20th century

Mabel Lucie Attwell designing dolls
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879 - 1964), artist best known for her pictures of chubby cheeked children and fairies, pictured in her studio designing a group of dolls based on her famous drawings. Date: 1924

Children, nursery rhyme
Bye Baby Bunting. Baby in cradle surrounded by rabbits. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1935

Mabel Lucie Attwell, birthday card, age 2 (front). 20th century

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Whos Afraid Date: 1939

Mabel Lucie Attwell - The Girl Who Didn t

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Give me the moonlight, give me the boy
Mabel Lucie Attwell - Give me the moonlight - give me the boy - and leave the rest to me

Advert for Hamleys Christmas toys 1929
Various toys for girls and boy s, a clockwork Rolls-Royce model car, with four doors that open and rubber tyres. Six electric models to build, for any boy

The Goose that laid the Golden Egg - The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Rock-a-bye Baby - Rock-a-bye Baby from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Once I saw a little bird - Once I Saw a Little Bird from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Simple Simon went a-Fishing - Simple Simon Went a-Fishing from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Thumbelina - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from Thumbelina published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

The Ugly Duckling - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from TheUgly Duckling published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

The Tinder Box - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from TheTinder Box published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

The Storks - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Storks published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweep - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweeper published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Little Tuk - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from Little Tuk published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Little Idas Flowers - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from Little Idas Flowers published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Fidos eaten the FRONT of my backless (swimming costume). A slightly risque humorous comment of the fad for backless bathing attire at this time. Date: 1934

Mrs Grundy anywhere about? - A young girl checks before emerging from a beach tent... Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person

Finks I ve been an gone an lost the mail again! A little girl in bridal attire but not a groom in sight... Date: circa 1935

Shelley china - Mabel Lucie Attwell
Illustrations showing the range of Shelley nursery china designed by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1929 - very collectible today. 1929

Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964) - British illustrator

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