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Ride-a-cock-horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady ride on a white horse... 20th century
Nursery Rhyme - Ride a Cock-HorseNursery Rhyme -- Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross. Showing a cute little boy on a hobby horse. Date: circa 1920s
The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contraryMary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930
Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898. jpgIllustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away
The nursery rhyme Lets go to bedLets 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
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. But ne er a penny was therein, except the lining round it. 20th century
Three Little Kittens Are Washing Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905
Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century
Three Little KittensThe Three Little Kittens are washing their mittens. 19th century
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
Cover design, Ovaltine ABC Rhyme Book - a happy family with a giant Ovaltine tin. Date: early 20th century
Four & Twenty Blackbirds Date: circa 1918
Bye Baby Bunting Date: circa 1918
Christmas Is ComingChristmas 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
Rock-a-bye-baby - Illustration of traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: From Cassells Childrens Annual. Florence Mary Anderson circa 1920
Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty BlackbirdsSilhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century
The nursery rhyme, Georgie Porgie, pudding and pieGeorgie 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 WheelerA 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
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 RhymeMary, 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 BayneStunningly 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
Dressing doll. Dick WhittingtonDick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Nursery Rhyme -- Baa Baa Black SheepNursery Rhyme - Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Date: circa 1920s
J Mercer. The Queen of HeartsThe Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... 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
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 WasIf 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
Nursery rhyme, This Little PigDepiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc
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 pigTraditional nursery rhyme. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1918
Suffragette, An Easter Prophecy. Suffragette hen with chick, rabbit and eggs. The hen carries a Votes for Women placard and the rhyme reads, When hens all join the suffrage ranks
Pussy Cat, Pussy CatPussy-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
Curly Locks 2Bonny 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)
Curly Locks Date: circa 1918
See Saw Margery Daw Date: circa 1918
Comic postcard, Woman riding donkey on beach with bottle of stout Date: 20th century
A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock ScholarNursery rhyme illustration -- A Diller a Dollar, a Twelve O clock Scholar, what makes you come so soon? You used to come at ten o clock, and now you come at noon
Comic postcard, Vegetable love, The Allotment Love Letter Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man kneeling in bed, praying for a woman Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman kneeling in bed, praying for a man Date: 20th century
Suppose we found snow fairies there, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where have you been? by Peggy Earnshaw. 1947
Oranges and Lemons studio portrait Victorian period
Oranges and Lemons, nursery rhyme
Now, boys and girls, come out to play, Nursery RhymeNow, boys and girls, come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day - scenes from the Nursery Rhyme
Jack and Jill, nursery rhyme scenes
Little Jack HornerArtist's rendering of a traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: John Lawson Date: circa 1898
Illustration, In Nursery-Rhyme Land - Why, all the people are alive, cried Betty. Date: 1938
The Queen of Hearts baked some tarts, illustration by Chris G. Temple Date: circa 1920
The House That Jack BuiltA photograph of a toy displaying figurines from the nursery rhyme, The House That Jack Built, including a windmill, the bags of malt, a cat, the rat, the cow with a crumpled horn
Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do BarkThis illustration depicts the scene of an old English nursery rhyme, Hark hark, the dogs do bark, Beggars are coming to town, Some in jags, some in rags, And some in velvet gowns. Date: circa 1914
Little Jack Horner sat in the corner Date: circa 1920s
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross Date: circa 1900
Little Bo-PeepA cover illustration of a Western cut-out nursery rhyme booklet, one of a series of five, showing an upset Little Bo-Peep at having lost her sheep. Used as an advertisement for the Weston Co
Advert for Celanese, a chemical and speciality materials company whose products included acetate yarn and artificial silk. Date: 1943
There was a little manBlack and white. Young boy with gun and dead duck standing on steps in front of young girl. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 118 and 2 Date: late 19th century
Ogden Nash, popular American poetFrederic Ogden Nash (1902-1971), American poet popular for his light verse. Date: circa 1960s
Little Jack Horner Sat In The Corner by Cecil AldinA colour illustration of Little Jack Corner eating his Christmas pie. Date: 1900
Old Mother Hubbard: went to the cupboardOld mother hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone, but when she came there the cupboard was bare, and so the poor dog had none
OLD MOTHER HUBBARDShe went to the baker's to buy him some bread, but when she came back the poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's to buy him a coffin
Dame, what makes your ducks to die, ducks to die, ducks to die; Dame, what makes your ducks to die, on Christmas-day in the morning
Little Miss Muffet rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)
LIttle Bo-Peep rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)
Wee Willie Winkie rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)
Old Mother Hubbard rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)
Blackbirds in a pie rhyme and picture by M. Sherborne (no title)
Jack and Jill rhyme picture Children's PostcardJack, and, Jill, rhyme, picture, Children's, Postcard, design, Watercolour, painting, M, Sherborne, 12022654
Comic postcard, Boy reading Home Doctor book - kidney trouble Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man in bed, drinking from beer barrel Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple on the beach at night - theft of ice cream cornet Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man at Nellies grave Date: 20th century
Original Artwork - Boy taking photo of three miceGreetings Card - Smile, Please! - a little boy takes a photograph of three mice with his box camera. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Come to tea invitation. Date: circa 1937
Woman with dog posting a Christmas cardA woman with a Scottie dog posting a Christmas card into a post box. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Girl with box of Christmas crackersOriginal Artwork - Design for a postcard, featuring a girl in a yellow dress holding a box of Christmas crackers. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Christmas greetings from eight teddiesOriginal Artwork - Christmas greetings from eight teddy bears. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Christmas greetings from eight mice. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Stirring the Christmas cake mixtureOriginal Artwork - Design for a Christmas Good Cheer greetings card. Mother stirring the Christmas cake mixture while her two children watch. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Card accepting a party invitationOriginal Artwork - Design for a card accepting a party invitation - a young boy in red tie and red school cap. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Up the hill to post a Christmas cardOriginal Artwork - Little girl climbs up the hill to the post box to send a Christmas card - her pet dog follows. Date: circa 1937
Original Artwork - Bedtime on Christmas EveOriginal Artwork - two young children going to bed on Christmas Eve, the older boy holding a candle to light the way. The little girl is telling her puppy that it is bedtime too! Date: circa 1937
