Pigs Collection (page 5)

Plump man and pig on a Christmas and New Year card
A plump man and a pig on a Christmas card, with a quotation from Hamlet: A little more than kin, and less than kind. Date: circa 1890s

Chef pig with pudding on a Christmas card
Chef pig carrying a pudding on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Five humanised pigs on a Christmas card, with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

Farmer and pig on a Christmas card
A farmer taking his pig to market through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Endpapers, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty
Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty, Their Adventures, told by May Byron. Showing the animals from the full series, namely

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

Hungry Peter the pig looks in the mirror
Hungry Peter the pig looks at his figure in the mirror and decides he needs to put on weight. Date: 1914

Hungry Peter the pig cooking a meal for his friends. Date: 1914

Title page design, Animal Frolics, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, told by May Byron. Showing a humanised pig dressed as a chef, cooking something tasty in a kitchen, watched by two dogs. Date: 1914

Elephant, bear, pig, lion and mouse in winter
A elephant, a bear, a pig and a lion watch a mouse skating on a frozen pond. They are upset that they are too heavy to join in. Date: circa 1933

Bear and pig doing the washing
A bear and a pig doing the washing. A mouse asks if his shirt could be washed, but the bear is reluctant to take on anything extra. Date: circa 1933

Elephant, bear, pig, rabbit and mouse on a seesaw
An elephant, a bear, a pig, a rabbit and a mouse on a seesaw. Date: circa 1933

Lion teaches geometry to bear, mouse, pig and rabbit
A lion schoolmaster teaches geometry to a bear, a mouse, a pig and a rabbit. Date: circa 1933

Elephant, bear, pig, lion and mouse on a tram
An elephant, a bear, a pig, a lion and a mouse riding on a tram. The mouse politely offers the elephant his seat. Date: circa 1933

Bear, elephant, pig, rabbit, pelican and mice
A bear, an elephant, a pig and a rabbit look over a fence at a pelican and two mice. The pelican, with its large beak, is acting as a removal firm for the mice. Date: circa 1933

Hippo, elephant, mouse, pig and rabbit
A hippo goes for a swim, despite the No Bathing sign. A mouse throws him a line, thinking he might be drowning. An elephant, a pig and a rabbit stand watching. Date: circa 1933

Elephant in a motor car
An elephant in a motor car. He has just crashed into a wooden signpost, which a pig and a bear are examining. Date: circa 1933

Mother pig and her piglets
Mother pig consoling her piglets after their upsetting encounter with Bobby the dog and Fluff the cat. Date: circa 1933

Bobby the dog and Fluff the cat with piglets
Bobby the dog and Fluff the cat upsetting some piglets. Date: circa 1933

Hungry Peter the pig drinking a toast in the soup, as everyone at the dinner party is teetotal! Date: 1914

Hungry Peter the pig putting sugar in the soup
Hungry Peter the pig accidentally putting castor sugar in the soup instead of pepper. Date: 1914

Cartoon, Connoisseurs examining a collection of George Morland s, by James Gillray. A satire on the popularity of Morlands paintings, focusing on fat pigs, foolish donkeys and greedy dealers

Cartoon, The Pigs Possessed, or, the Broad-bottomd Litter running headlong into the Sea of Perdition, by James Gillray. Showing John Bull (doubling as Farmer George)

Street with Pigs, Cayton, Yorkshire
Street with Pigs, Cayton, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1900s

Champion Crossbred Pigs at London Cattle Show, Dorset
Champion Crossbred Pigs at London Cattle Show, From Manor Farm, Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Prize Pigs fed on Thornleys Food and Exhibited by Arthur Hiscock Esq Date: 1914

Palawan Bearded Pig - young caught in the wild and kept in an enclosure in a private household in Sabang (Sus barbatus ahoenobarbus). Sabang, Palawan, Philippines. February

Bearded pig - adult wild animal which abitually comes to feed on leftovers in a restaurant at Borneo Rainforest Lodge (Sus barbatus). in Danum Valley Conservation Area; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Pigs playing with a wheelbarrow
Three pigs play at chariots using a wheelbarrow, with the greeting A merry Christmas to you. Date: C.1890

Pig with toys strapped to its side
Pig with toys in a pannier strapped to its side, and a best wishes greeting. Date: C.1890

Pig farmer persuading a pig to move
A little persuasion required. A pig farmer tries to get his pig to move. Date: C.1890

Unusual pigs Christmas greeting
Pigs trotting after one another with a Christmas greeting - Jolly May Your Christmas Be. Date: C.1890

Woman with pigs, West Indies

Women workers in the war zone by H. L. Oakley
Silhouettes of French women workers made by Lieutenant (later Captain) H. L. Oakley in the area behind the firing line on the Western Front

Farmyard scene, c. 1860
A farmer feeds his chickens amidst free range cows and pigs in his farmyard. Date: c. 1860

Pencil sketch of boy with pig. Date: 1920s

Nursery Rhymes -- man watching pigs in a sty
Nursery Rhymes -- a man watching pigs in a sty. In the first illustration the pigs are plump and happy, but in the second they are thin and crying. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, cockerel
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, showing a bull tossing an unfortunate dog into the air, and a cock crowing at sunrise, waking all the farmyard animals. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son. Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, that those who heard him could never keep still; as soon as he played they began for to dance

Carrying pigs to market - China Date: circa 1908

Hanoi - Vietnam - Wheelbarrow driver - delivering his load of recently deceased pigs! Date: circa 1904

Uruguay - Cattle ranch - Farmyard scene. A gaucho on horseback is left, a milkmaid on the right. Date: circa 1907

Pigs picnic on a desert island

Tales from Many Lands: Urbain and his Pig Organ. From Treasure no. 14

Battersea firemen WWII
Battersea firemen keeping pigs during World War II 1939-1945

Little girl at the farm

Two little pigs

Farmhouse

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