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Polly Put the Kettle OnPolly, 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
Polly Put the Kettle OnPolly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away !
Transfield circus familyMembers of the Transfield family, who ran a popular travelling circus in the late 19th century. Pictured in their costumes are Ann Polly, Teddy Beppo, Tom, Florrie and Rose. Date: 1953
Pretty Polly - Queen of the Turf - sponsored by ApollinarisHorse Racing - Pretty Polly - The Queen of the Turf - sponsored by Apollinaris, " The Queen of Table Waters". Pretty Polly (1901-1931)
The Female Blondin Crossing a High Wire over the River ThaEngraving showing The Female Blondin, also known as Madame Boutelle and perhaps Polly Freeman, walking a high wire across the River Thames from Battersea to Cremorne Gardens, London, 1861
Petticoat Lane - Polly Nathans Fish ShopPetticoat Lane, London - Polly Nathans Fish Shop. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes
Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter RaineNovelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer
Georgina Preston as Polly Perkins in Robinson Crusoe, Grand Theatre, Islington, London Date: 1890s
Fried fish shop run by Polly Nathan in Middlesex Street (Petticoat Lane) in the East End of London. Mrs Nathan was apparently the aunt of a South African millionaire who had offered to pay her enough
Pretty Polly, RacehorsePretty Polly, recently deceased at the age of 30, won over £37, 000 in her racing career, and achieved 22 victories. Date: circa 1931
Lady Grant, nee Miss Margaret Cochran, in costume for the play Polly at the Savoy Theatre, London, 1923. Lady Grant was the wife of Sir Alfred Hamilton Grant
Original Artwork - Nursery Rhyme Series Gummed StickersOriginal Artwork - Designs for six Nursery Rhyme Series Gummed Stickers Date: circa 1937
Comic postcard, Man and woman in a pub - Baby Polly (perhaps a hint at Babycham) Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Sailor and woman at the seaside - My word, if I catch you bending! Date: 20th century
Royal Institution Christmas Lecture - A. V. HillPolly and David Hill assisting their father Professor A.V. Hill at a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture: when the youngsters heart-beats were shown on a screen
Caricature, Polly Solomon -- Edward Solomon, English conductor, composer, orchestrator and pianist. 1884
Theres Millions In It! Tivoli Theatre, HullTheres Millions In It! a musical farcical comedy at the Tivoli Theatre, Hull -- Polly swears! 1923
Stack Polly and Monarchs of the Glen, UllapoolStack Polly (Stac Pollaidh) and Monarchs of the Glen, Ullapool - a village of around 1, 500 inhabitants in Ross and Cromarty, Scottish Highlands, located around 45 miles north-west of Inverness
Sybil Zelker with her daugther Elizabeth - English designerSybil Zelker, English designer of Polly Peck, with her daugther Elizabeth. Date: 1966
The Paines at the PianoMrs Paine, Miss Paine and miss Polly Paine (to say nothing of the dog) at the keyboard. Date: circa 1750
Sybil Zelker of Polly Peck shopping at WoollandsSybil Zelker, designer of the fashion brand Polly Peck, finding sale bargains at Woollands 21 Shop with her daughter Elizabeth
Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)Portrait of Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, a zoologist and keeper of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History). From Piltdown, A Scientific Forgery
Scenes from the modern opera Polly at the Kingsway Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923
Illustration, Little Pollie Flinders sat among the cinders, warming her pretty little toes. Her mother came and caught her and whipped her little daughter for spoiling her nice new clothes. Date: 1895
Misfitz - Polly. early 20th century
Little Folk Misfitz - Polly Put the Kettle On. circa 1910
Gay Beggars BenefitMacheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker
Little girls in nursery rhyme fancy dressSix little girls dressed up in fancy dress as various nursery rhyme characters. (At a guess), from left, Mary Mary, Quite Contrary, Little Jack Horner, Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue
Polly Preferred by Guy BoltonPromotional postcard for Polly Preferred by Guy Bolton (Little Theatre, New York, 13th January 1923). First produced in England at the Royalty Theatre, 5th April 1924
Polly by John GayPromotional postcard for Polly by John Gay (published 1729), adapted by Clifford Bax; music Frederic Austin. This version first produced Kingsway Theatre, 30th December 1922
Clown writing on a slate on a Christmas cardClown writing on a childs slate on a Christmas card. Date: early 20th century
Lightweight sheath dress by Mis PollyA lightweight sheath dress by Miss Polly. The sleeves and waist are sharply defined by white pique. Date: 1961
Polly Peck advertisementAn advert for Polly Peck fashions, showing a model in a Victoriana striped dress in Rayon Surah. Date: 1961
Polly Peck wool dress modelled by Jean Shrimpton 1961Pale oatmeal wool dress with an inserted cummerbund of ocelot-printed kid, shortened bolero and long tight sleeves. The slim skirt widens to a fluted hemline
Reginald Pole-Carew (1849 1924), British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 8th Division. Caption: Polly. Date: 1901
LA Govey. Hello PollyA Day at the Zoo. Hello Polly (parrot). Date: 1927
Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly FlindersNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century
Nursery Rhymes -- Little Polly Flinders sat among the cinders. Date: circa 1920s
A Yorkshireman at the Folies Bergere Show, Paris, FranceA Yorkshireman in Paris Mr Watson (thro Leeds) - " Whats this ere Polly Burgesses like?" Date: 1894
Does Polly want a cracker?
Pollys chance to get some nice crackers. Illustration shows a well-dressed man labeled Plutocracy, wearing a top hat, holding a parrot labeled State Legislature on his right hand
Two little girls going for a walkTwo little girls, Polly and Susan, going for a walk. One of them holds a rolled up umbrella or parasol, the other pulls a doll in a cart. first published 1879
Two illustrations, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing (1) Polly riding on the back of her cousin Hickory Hunt, as they pretend to make for a desert island in a storm
Three little girls in straw bonnets on a village green, with a shuttlecock and battledore, a skipping rope and a ball. Their names are Polly, Peg and Poppety. first published 1879
Illustration, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing Polly being is held aloft by a dark-faced miner called Brother Step-and-Fetch-It
Music / Opera / GayPOLLY by John Gay - Miss Brown in the character of Polly Date: 1777
Polly Cartland, mother of the romantic novelist, Barbara Cartland seen at the time of her engagement in 1900
Gay Beggars FentonMiss Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum
