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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
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 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
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
Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century
Four & Twenty Blackbirds Date: circa 1918
Bye Baby Bunting Date: circa 1918
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
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
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