Duckling Collection (page 3)

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Farm Babies, showing a white gosling and a yellow duckling. Date: 1909

Cover design, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, showing a pig, a cat, a duckling, two rabbits and two dogs sitting in front of their fireplace. Date: 1912

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Farm Babies. Decimus Duckling tries to strike up a conversation with three young pigs, the Porkers of Sty Hall. Date: 1909

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Farmyard Puppies, showing Chappie (a beagle) and Chips (a terrier) releasing a dozen quacking ducklings from their wooden crate by chewing through the fastenings

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings with their foster mother, an old white hen. Date: 1921

First page of a book by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. It is in Aldins own handwriting, with his home address at the top: The Kennels, Purley, near Reading. Date: 1921

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a yellow duckling just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921

Pug Peter -- three ducklings fall into the sea
Pug Peter -- Down! Down! Down! Three ducklings fall from their balloon into the sea. Date: 1905

Pug Peter -- ducklings in a balloon
Pug Peter -- Up! Up! Up! Three ducklings enjoy a trip in a balloon. Date: 1905

Forager the puppy joins the other animals by the fire
The Limit -- Forager the puppy joins Master Quack the duckling, Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits, Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

The duckling joins the other animals by the fire
Still They Come -- Master Quack the duckling joins Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits, Rags the puppy, Rufus the cat and Hungry Peter the piglet by the fire. Date: 1912

Master Quack the duckling finds a tough morsel
A Tough Morsel -- Master Quack the duckling struggles to eat some very hard food. Date: 1912

Master Quack the duckling meets two owls
An Afternoon Call -- Master Quack the duckling wakes up two owls, who find him rude and attack him. Date: 1912

Master Quack the duckling thrown into the air
Wide Awake -- Joey the tortoise, annoyed by Master Quack the ducklings orders, rears up and throws him off his back. Date: 1912

Master Quack the duckling riding a tortoise
Fast Asleep -- Master Quack the duckling stands on the back of Joey the tortoise, hoping for a ride, but is disappointed. Date: 1912

Master Quack the duckling sets off
Off to see the World -- Master Quack the duckling sets off, leaving his brothers and sisters behind. Date: 1912

Pug Peter -- dog and ducklings on steep slope
Pug Peter -- Very upsetting. A dog and three ducklings slide or fall down a steep slope. Date: 1905

Feeding a Duckling
A little girl feeding a duckling. Date: early 1930s

Tadorna tadorna, common shelduck
Plate 11 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Clangula hyemalis, long-tailed duck
Plate 312 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Little girl with ducklings
A small child sits in a flowering meadow surrounded by ducklings. c. 1910

The Ugly Duckling

Cartoon - WWI Food Substitute Satire
Mummy duck says to baby duckling (closely examining a horseshoe): " Don t touch it dear, its a worm subsititute!" Date: circa 1915

The Ugly Duckling by Lilian Govey. They threw grain and bread into the water. A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen Date: 1912

Ugly Duckling 2
Passers-by comment on the ugly ducklings ungainly appearance

Ugly Duckling 1
The ugly duckling with the other ducklings

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Ugly Duckling (Hey)
The ugly duckling at home with the old woman and her other beasts

Andersen Fairy Tales
Rackhams title page to an illustrated edition of Andersens Fairy Tales

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