Nursery Collection

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

Ride-a-cock-horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady ride on a white horse... 20th century

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock, Are the children in their beds...?

Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. But ne er a penny was therein, except the lining round it. 20th century

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

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

Three Little Kittens Are Washing Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905

Three Little Kittens
The Three Little Kittens are washing their mittens. 19th century

Lords Cricket Ground as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch and pavilion of Lords Cricket Ground, during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Peter Pan / Michael & Nana
Michael rides on the back of the dog Nana

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away ! - Polly fills her kettle at the pump

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffys house

Lucy Locket / Greenaway
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. There was not a penny in it but a ribbon round it

Little Miss Muffet (K. G
She upsets her stool when she finds a - really, rather small - spider sharing it with her

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon

Song of Sixpence 1818
Sing a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away !

Hey Diddle Diddle
Is the cow jumping over the moon as a result of the cats fiddling, or is the cat simply providing a musical accompaniment to the cows feat ? Difficult questions

Four & Twenty Blackbirds Date: circa 1918

Nursery Rhyme - Ride a Cock-Horse
Nursery Rhyme -- Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross. Showing a cute little boy on a hobby horse. Date: circa 1920s

Bye Baby Bunting Date: circa 1918

Cross-Section of House
A cross-section of a family house showing members of the household about their various tasks in the kitchen, drawing room, nursery and schoolroom

Rock-a-bye-baby - Illustration of traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: From Cassells Childrens Annual. Florence Mary Anderson circa 1920

WW1 - Lords Cricket Ground used as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch of the Marylebone Cricket Ground (Lord s), during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Jack and Jill
" Traditional nursery rhyme promotional postcard for Wrights Coal Tar Soap. " Jill had a job to mend his nob with vinegar and brown paper." Date: c.1914

Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Silhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century

Christmas Is Coming
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you havent got a penny a hapenny will do If you havent got a hapenny God bless you Father Christmas sits in

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

Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy Wheeler
A little boy and girl stare up at a wall on which sits a very superior looking Humpty Dumpty wearing a crown and an eye glass

Old mother hubbard: dog standing head and smoking pipe
She went to the hatters to buy him a hat, but when she came back he was feeding the cat. She went to the tavern for white wine and red, but when she came back the dog stood on his head

Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal
View inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row

Nursery Characters - How Many Can You Spot? by Pauline Bayne
Stunningly detailed illustration by Pauline Baynes featuring no less than 56 different nursery rhyme characters. Can you spot them all? If not, there is a key to the picture in Holly Leaves, 1954

Fairyland Express, All Aboard for the Land of Nod
Toddlers in white nightgowns board a train to the Land of Nod, accompanied by various toys as bedtime companions. Date: 1924

Dressing doll. Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

The man in the Moon
A boy, retrieving his kite from the branches of a tree, finds himself confronted by the Man in the Moon

Nursery Rhyme -- Baa Baa Black Sheep
Nursery Rhyme - Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Date: circa 1920s

J Mercer. The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... 20th century

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines
Illustration, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's hat. An illustration of Father Christmas keeping his eye on the curious geese. Date: 1900

Boenninghausenia albiflora (Ruta albiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1823-1910). British nurse and philanthropist. He organized military hospitals for the injured during the Crimean War (1854-55) and founded in London a nursery school

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Sing a Song of Sixpence -- the king cuts into his pie, and the blackbirds start to sing. 19th century

If all the World Was
If all the world was apple pie; And all the sea was ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have to drink? Date: circa 1912

Rhymes / Doctor Foster
Dr Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain He stepped in a puddle right up to the middle, And never went there again

Cock Robin 1
After the unfortunate death of Cock Robin, the Rook reads the burial service

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Nursery rhyme, This Little Pig
Depiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc

Two children admire new baby
Two children admire the new baby: " Mum found him in an Easter egg..."

Rather wonderful pair (possibly father and son?) dressed as Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. The boy on the right is Tom, while the man on the left, dressed as a yokel, holds the pig that Tom steals

I saw a ship a-sailing - Traditional nursery rhyme. From The Land of Nursery Rhyme published by JM Dent Date: 1930

Mary had a little pig
Traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1918

Hey Diddle Diddle
The artist has got cow, cat, fiddle, dish, spoon and dog into his picture, but the connection between them remains obscure

The Newmarket Houghton Meeting
Various horse races relating to the Newmarket Houghton meeting, including the Limekiln Stakes won by Mr Fairies Bayardo

Little Jumping Joan
Here am I, little Jumping Joan, when nobodys with me I m all alone

A Farmer Went Trotting
A farmer went trotting upon his bay mare

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? I ve been up to London to look at the queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under the chair Date: circa 1912

In Disgrace by Muriel Dawson
A small blonde child is made to stand facing the wall in disgrace after some apparent misdemeanour in the nursery or school room

An incubator nursery
Nurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein

BOX SELLER
Band Boxes. A box seller passes Benjamin Tabarts Juvenile Library on Bond Street, London. Tabart was an early seller of fairy tales & nursery stories for children

Song of Sixpence 2 / 3
The King stands ready to carve the enormous pie... (2 of 3)

Little Brown Owl / Boyle
THE LITTLE BROWN OWL sits up in the tree, and if you look well his big eyes you may see !

Jack Horner (Anderson)
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said, Oh, what a good boy am I !

Hickory Dickory Dock
A child watches the swinging pendulum of the grandfather clock

Daffy down Dilly
Daffy-down-dilly has come up to town in a yellow petticoat and a green gown

Curly Locks 2
Bonny lass, pretty lass, wilt thou be mine ? Thou shalt not wash dishes nor yet feed the swine... (except for the opening words, its the Curly locks rhyme)

Song of Sixpence 19C
When the pie was open the birds began to sing, and wasn t that a dainty dish to set before a king?

Curly Locks Date: circa 1918

See Saw Margery Daw Date: circa 1918

Kate Greenaway
Songs Nursery' Front cover Date: circa 1880

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. 'There was an old woman lived under a hill' Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. Dedication page Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. Reverse of half-title page depicting children playing ball in a field outside their house Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. Title page Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. Front cover. Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes'. Half-title page depicting children in a field of daisies. Date: 1881

Kate Greenaway
Infant Amusements or How to Make the Nursery Happy' by WHG Kingston. Frontispiece. Date: 1867

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