Childhood Collection

Statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) as a child pla
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). Austrian composer. Sculpture of Mozart child playing the violin by Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905). Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Thorne King Street early 1900s

Our Lady of Vladimir. beg. 12th c. Icon moved from Constantinople to Kiev in 1136 and Vladimir in 1155. Iconographic type Eleusa or Virgin of Tenderness. Byzantine art. Tempera on wood. RUSSIA

Battenberg family, 1906
Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven with his wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse, their four children, their son-in-law and two grandchildren

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Girls with their books in Balham, SW London
Four girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys outside a sweet shop, Balham, SW London
Four boys on the doorstep of a sweet shop in Balham, SW London, with bottled drinks. Date: circa 1961

BRYULLOV, Karl. The Horsewoman
BRYULLOV, Karl Pavlovitch (1799-1852). A Rider. 1832. Portrait of Giovanina and Amacilia Pacini, the Foster Children of Countess Yu. P. Samoilova. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. MOSCOW. Moscow

Summer holidays Seaton, Devon, England
A boy shows his grandmother something he has found in a rock pool on the beach at Seaton, Devon, England

Children playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Children playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland -- some are swinging on ropes round a lamppost, while others are riding in a go-cart. Date: 1969

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

The nursery rhyme Lets go to bed
Lets 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

Children with ice lollies on a Balham street, SW London
Five children eating ice lollies in the doorway of a betting shop on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Buckets and spades at the seaside
Two little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s

Children in Varna Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
A large group of children on the corner of Varna Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Girls playing in Milton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Two little girls playing in Milton Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, swinging on ropes round a lamppost. Date: 1969

Battenberg family c. 1895
Prince Louis of Battenberg, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven (1854-1921), pictured with his wife

A Sail in the Moon Boat by Florence Mary Anderson
Illustration showing two children and a baby going for a ride on a crescent shaped moon surrounded by pixies and fairies. c.1920

Harrods toy department, rocking horses, 1922
A uniform display of wooden rocking horses and smaller toy horses on wheels in the Harrods toy department, Christmas 1922. Date: 1922

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Boy with two guns, Balham, SW London
A little boy with two guns (possibly real ones!) on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy with two guns, Balham, SW London
A little boy with two guns (possibly real ones!) on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Gerald du Maurier and family
Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier (1873-1934), English actor and manager. Father to writers Angela du Maurier and Daphne du Maurier

A little girl kneels to say her prayers - Carlisle Cathedral
A little girl kneels to say her prayers in Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria, England. She wears a tiara and holds her hands together 2011

Prince Philip of Greece & Milford Havens at Maidenhead
Celebrities at the Maidenhead Fishery Club in 1931

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

Children doing handstands on a Balham street, SW London
Two children, a boy and a girl, doing handstands against a concrete wall on a Balham street, SW London. A smaller child watches them, backed into a corner. Date: circa 1961

Prince Philip & Prince Michael of Romania riding
Prince Philip of Greece & Denmark, later Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II (born 1921), seen as a young boy (far right), riding a pony on the beach, accompanied by his eldest sister

A twin brother and sister, wearing matching dungarees, play together in a splendid toy pedal car. Date: 1950s

Children at Seaside - Sunny Days by C V MacKenzie
Lovely illustration depicting three little girls having fun and relaxing on some grass close to a beach during their summer holidays

Christmas scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital
Christmas comes but once a year -- a scene at the Evelina Childrens Hospital, founded in Southwark, London, in 1869. A sick little girl is visited by her mother and younger sister

May Goelet (Duchess of Roxburghe) as a little girl
Miss Mary ( May ) Goelet, American heiress, who married Henry Innes-Kerr, 8th Duke of Roxburghe in 1903, becoming Duchess of Roxburghe and bringing with her a dowry of some $20 million

Always the Clown. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

The Great Offensive by Samuel Begg, WW1
A Great War Christmas scene with a group of children spread out and playing an elaborate and numerous game of toy soldiers on a rug. Date: 1916

Gilrs Blackberrying Victorian period

Lucky Little Owner-Drivers
Advertisement offering children the chance to own their own automobile. " Juvenile Cars", produced by Lines Bros

Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington as a child
Arthur Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (2 July 1915 - 31 December 2014) pictured as a little boy in The Sketch magazine in 1919

Boys playing football in a street, Balham, SW London
Four boys playing a game of football in a Balham street, SW London, near the premises of E W Evans, Turf Accountant. Date: circa 1961

Little boy lifts his jumper, Balham, SW London
A little boy lifting his jumper on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys at a boarded up window, Balham, SW London
Three boys at a boarded up window of a house in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boys eating fish and chips, Balham, SW London
Three boys eating fish and chips out of newspaper on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW London
A little boy with a bicycle wheel on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Children playing with a van in a Balham street, SW London
Children playing in and around an abandoned van in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Market Weighton early1900s

Pudsey Church Lane early 1900s

Ashbourne Market Place early 1900s

Bakewell Bridge and Ford early 1900s

Harrods toy department, dolls houses, 1922
Fantastic array of dolls houses in all shapes and sizes available to buy at Christmas from the Harrods Toy Department Date: 1922

Molly in the Garden by Mark Symons, a painter working in the realist style between the wars. Date: 1930

Girls with dolls and prams, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with dolls and prams on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Girl with doll in pram, Balham, SW London
A little girl hugs her doll in a pram on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC). Carthaginian general and statesman

Raimundo de Madrazo (1841-1920). Spanish painter
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920). Spanish painter. Holy Family, 1908. Copy of the original by El Greco (1541-1614). Oil on canvas (106 x 87 cm). Detail. El Greco Museum. Toledo, Spain

Virgin and Child, circa 1485-1490. Unknown artist. Flanders. Tempera and oil (?) on wood. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

The Presentation in the Temple (front panel), 1447
Stefan Lochner (circa 1410-1451). German painter. International Gothic period. The Presentation in the Temple (front panel), 1447. Tempera and oil (?) on panel. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Panel from a Casket with Scenes from the Infancy of Christ
Casket panel with scenes from the Infancy of Christ. Germany or Lorraine, 1310-1330. Ivory. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugalon, Portugal

Virgin and Child, ca. 1364. Marble sculpture - Jean de Liege
Virgin and Child. Paris, ca. 1364. Marble sculpture attributed to Jean de Liege (fl. 1361-1381). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugalon, Portugal

Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC). Carthaginian general and statesman

Madrid, Opening of the Parliament in the Senate
History of Spain. Madrid. Regency of Maria Cristina de Hasburgo-Lorena (1885-1902). The Opening of the Parliament in the Senate (20 April 1898)

Madrid - Opening of the Parliament in the Senate
History of Spain. Madrid. Regency of Maria Cristina de Hasburgo-Lorena (1885-1902)

Russia, Moscow. View of the Foundling Home or Orphanage. Institution founded in 1763 as a project conceived by Catherine the Great and Ivan Betskoy

Madonna and Child known as the Hodegetria
Unknown artist. Byzantine School. Madonna and Child known as the Hodegetria. Tempera on panel. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Holy conversation by Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491)
Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491). Italian painter. Holy conversation. Tempera on panel. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Madonna and Child with infant Saint John by Carlo Maratta
Carlo Maratta (1625-1713). Italian Baroque painter. Madonna and Child with infant Saint John. Oil on canvas

Madonna and Child. Painting by Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1765)
Corrado Giaquinto (1703-1765). Italian painter. Madonna and Child. Oil on canvas. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Madonna and Child with the young St John the Baptist
Sebastiano Conca (1680-1764). Italian painter. Madonna and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Sacred conversation by Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491)
Domenico di Michelino (1417-1491). Italian painter. Sacred conversation. Tempera on panel. National Museum of Fine Arts. Valletta. Malta

Spain, Madrid. National Pedagogical Congress. Inaugurated on 28 May 1882. First pedagogical exhibition. Installation of pedagogical material for schools following the Froebel or Froebelian system

Guardian Angel with child - Relief
Guardian Angel with child. Relief inside the Ermita del Angel Custodio (Chapel of the Guardian Angel)

Prince Philip of Greece, now Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured around the age of four, with his nanny, Emily Roose, probably on holiday at Berck Plage in France. Date: c.1925

Emily Roose, who was nanny to the children of Prince and Princess Andrew of Greece, including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, pictured here with his two eldest sisters

Kashmir, Srinagar, Dal Lake. A little girl with bare feet looks directly at the camera as she climbs aboard her house boat home Date: 1986

Merthyr Tydfil boys playing
Two boys play on a bench above the steel works (now closed) at Merthyr Tydfil. Vintage black and white image. First published The Sunday Times c1989 1989

Fairies from every Flower
Two children sit in a garden, surrounded by flowers and their associated fairies. c.1925

Winston Churchill as a baby
Winston Churchill as an infant in petticoats, c.1875. Date: c.1875

Classroom in school Victorian period Date: 19th century

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, with the royal childrens nanny, Helen Lightbody. Date: 1951

Page from The Tatler featuring a photograph of a group at the 8th birthday part of the Master of Carnegie, son of Lord and Lady Maud Carnegie (formerly Princess Maud of Fife)

Julie Andrews with mother and step-father, Starlight Roof
Julie Andrews, aged 12, photographed at home with her mother Barbara at the piano and her step-father, at the time she was appearing in Starlight Roof at the London Hippodrome

Lines Bros toys advertisement, car and scooters (Tri-ang)
Advertisement for Triangtois toys manufactured by Lines Brothers in the Old Kent Road in London, including a smart pedal car and varieties of scooters including the Fairyscoot and the Fairycycle

Children bathing together Your Turn by C V MacKenzie
Sweet illustration showing two children sharing a tin bath. The smaller child soaks the older one with a sponge, all in the spirit of communal bathing! Date: 1920s

Children reading together Pals by C V MacKenzie
Charming illustration showing two children, arms around each other as they perch on a stool reading a book together. Date: 1920s

Three children on a sleigh
Three cute children enjoying a sleigh ride. Date: 20th century

Not a word to the boss - I m writing this to you! Date: 1954

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