Rocking Collection

Rock and roll dancing couple

Advert / Elliman Embrocati
Ellimans embrocation for rheumatism, lumbago and sprains

Harrods toy department, rocking horses, 1922
A uniform display of wooden rocking horses and smaller toy horses on wheels in the Harrods toy department, Christmas 1922. Date: 1922

Two Persian women rocking a goatskin to churn milk. Date: circa 1900s

Little boy on rocking horse
A rather superior looking little boy dressed in a tartan kilt and Scottish velvet jacket rides on a rocking horse. In the background are a toy castle, a model train engine with signals

Children in Sheffield playground
Children in a Sheffield playground

Roman Fire Engine / Pump
Roman fire engine, consisting of two double-cylindered force pumps worked by means of a rocking beam (now lost)

Girl rocking Teddy to sleep

Rock a Bye Baby by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a charming sun hat, sits in a hammock and rocks her doll to sleep

Louis Napoleon / Disderi
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON PRINCE IMPERIAL as a boy, on his rocking horse

Rocking Horses Mouth
A brother and sister look it in the mouth

Rocking Horse Policeman
Little Margaret rides through the streets on her rocking horse, and meets a policeman

Family on three rocking horses. Date: circa 1900s

W Heath Robinson - The Lullaby Bed, to save getting out of bed to rock baby when he is troublesome at night

Children playing on rocking horses Date: circa 1900s

Children on Rocking Horses early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Children Playing early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Hampstead Heath children's playground London Edwardian period

Masking the Medicine, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Little boy on a rocking horse with toy whip. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, Pretty woman in her bedroom - sitting in a rocking chair Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Deep in the Heart of Texas
The caption on the postcard is Deep in the heart of Texas. During the war tens of thousands of Americans came to the UK and things American became very popular

Girl on a Rocking Horse
Child on a rocking horse. Artist: Flora White Date: circa 1912

Rocking Horse
Edwardian lad, whip in hand, astride a rocking horse. Date: circa 1902

Gentleman on an old nag and lady on a pony meet up during a fox hunt, 19th century. Rosa McDermott sidesaddle on her pony and Jack Bunting shake hands

Advert for Luvisca pyjamas by Lawson Wood 1931
Delightful advertisement by Lawson Wood for Luvisca pyjamas, showing a Scottish father playing the bagpipes in order to rock a concerned looking baby to sleep. Date: 1931

The rocking-horse would run away, by Minnie Asprey. circa 1918

Leyhill Prison Carpentry Class
Inmates of Leyhill Prison, Gloucestershire, in a hobby carpentry class. One is making a small rocking horde, another working on model sailing ships. Date: circa 1945

Mother putting her child into a cradle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Augustin Legrands Amour et Tendresse (Love and Tenderness), Louis Janet, Paris, 1820

Santa Claus arriving by car on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Toy shop assistant
People You See. Toy shop assistant. From Teddy Bear (15 August 1964). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1964

Poster, The sun spends the winter on the Cote d Azur
Poster, The sun spends the winter in France on the Cote d Azur. Designed by Dubois. circa 1955

Children on a rocking horse - Boy and girl astride a rocking horse. Date: circa 1920

Young Jockey on a rocking horse posting a letter
D you know that you owe me a letter? I fear you re an awful forgetter, or are you a jockey to boast how often you re passing the post? 1934

Santa Sleeping

Castle Treryn and Logan Rock, Cornwall
Castle Treryn and Logan Rock (including a large rocking stone) near the village of Treen, Cornwall. Date: circa 1832

ERIC JAMES ON ROCKING H
Eric James, age 3, rides his rocking horse. Date: July 1892

Girls - Fireside Rocking
Three girls in their rocking seat by the fireside. Date: 1881

MAURICE ON ROCKING HORSE
Maurice, age 3 and a half, with his toy horse Date: circa 1872

GIRLS AND DOLL (WAUGH)
One girl sits on a rocking chair; her little sister sits in her lap; and Dolly sits in little sisters lap. Date: circa 1885

Rocking-chair with fan 1893
Woman relaxing in the summer sun with a mechanical rocking-chair connected to a fan. Date: 1893

MANNINGS ROCKING HORSE
Mannings rocking horse, activated by springs which are in turn activated by the movements of the riders body Date: 1887

Christmas day in Germany 1903
Christmas day for young and old Date: 1903

Boy on a rocking horse
Little boy on a very small rocking horse with a whip in his hand. Date: circa 1910

Eva Moore as Eliza, in Sandy and his Eliza, Cambridge
Eva Moore as Eliza, in a farcical comedy, Sandy and his Eliza, by H V Esmond, at the New Theatre, Cambridge. 1912

The nursery, Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, Doncaster, England
The nursery at Brodsworth Hall, Brodsworth, Doncaster, England. Photographed in 1989 with full permission of then owners Ron and Pam Williams Date: 1989

Rocking chair
A childs rocking chair made from boarded oak, with a carrying handle, made in England c.1775-1825. Date: c.1775-1825

Victorian Scrap - Rocking Sheep. late 19th century

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