Thumb Collection (page 3)

Greetings from Nevada, USA, the one sound state -- no retail sales tax, no corporation tax, no state income tax, no inheritance tax, no thumb tax. Date: 1940

Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom Thumb
Nursery Rhymes. Above, the Jolly Miller, carrying a sack. Below, a woman sits at a table, watching Tom Thumb riding a tiny horse. Date: early 20th century

Myotis daubentonii, Daubentons bat
A Daubentons bat roosting. Photograph published on page 17 of Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002

The Story of Tom Thumb. From Playhour (1957)

The devils thumb, ships boring and warping in the pack

General Tom Thumb & Wife, Commander Nutt & Minnie Warren. Four wondrously formed & strangely beautiful ladies & gentlemen in miniature, natures smallest editions of her choicest works

Britains Smallest House
Tom Thumbs House, Conway, north Wales, reputed to be the smallest house in Britain. A 6 foot 3 inch tenant lived here for 15 years! Date: late 1930s

From Tom Thumb by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

From Hop o My Thumb by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Who wears the Trousers?
With you... Who wears the Trousers? Date: 1902

Thumbling -- also known as Hop O My Thumb or Tom Thumb. 19th century

Drawing of various fish
A colour drawing of various fish -- three spined stickleback, minnow, millers thumb, loach, and char

Little girl sitting in a chair
Study of a little girl sitting in a chair

Tom Thumb on a Hat
He rides on the rim of a countryman;s hat, whence he waves to passers-by

Holmes & Hatherley
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEERs THUMB Holmes pours the engineer Hatherley a brandy-and-water. Date: First published: 1892

Three young women hitch-hiking from the side of a road in Ipsos, Corfu, Greece

Portrait studies by Raymond Sheppard
Portrait studies (including a self portrait) by Raymond Sheppard. Artist Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958) studied art at Bolt Court under S.G

Artists palette with paint, brushes and yellow rose
An artists palette with blobs of different coloured paint, two paintbrushes, and a yellow rose

General Tom Thumb as Frederick the Great, 1845
Engraving showing General Tom Thumb, real name Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-1883), dressed as Frederick the Great of Russia in London, 1845. Stratton was an American midget showman who was in P.T

Hop O my Thumb
The Ogre is tricked into slitting the throats of his seven daughters

Tom Thumb / Pony Carriage
The stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton - pictures here with miniture carriage and attendants. Achieved great fame under circus pioneer P T Barnum. Grew to 3ft 4 inches

Tom Thumb Cash Register
The handsome " Tom Thumb" cash register is priced at twenty- one pounds and ten shillings

Tom Thumb Escapes Mouth
He escapes from the millers mouth

Tom Thumb is Born
The birth of Tom Thumb : his parents are surprised at his diminutive size, unaware of the fairies on their doorstep

Tom Thumb and Cherries
He scares a peasant who discovers him in a bag of cherry stones

Tom Thumb and Furmenty
He falls by accident into the Kings bowl of hot frumenty (a kind of wheat porridge flavoured with cinnamon etc)

Tom Thumb and Butterfly
He entertains the court when he rides on the back of a butterfly

Phineas Taylor Barnum
PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM American showman - opened museum of curios, exhibited Tom Thumb and imported Jumbo

I had a Little Husband
I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot and there I bid him drum

Tom Thumb & Lavinia Wed
TOM THUMB and LAVINIA WARREN on their wedding day

Tom Thumb Wedding Group
TOM THUMB and LAVINIA WARREN on their wedding day, with their best man G W M Nutt and bridesmaid Minnie Warren who were themselves to marry

Little Jack Horner 1818
Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pull d out a

Girl in Lacy Frock 1870S
Little girl wears a broderie Anglaise frock with vandyked falling tucker & hem & large bows on the shouders. Also short white socks & shoes with ankle straps. Hair cut short

Jack Horner (Greenaway)
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said, Oh, what a good boy am I !

Gossip about Fairies 28
Tom Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is provided with a horse upon which he can perform knightly deeds

Gossip about Fairies 27
Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - is on the verge of becoming a giants breakfast, but fortunately succeeds in avoiding this fate

Gossip about Fairies 26
Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - encounters a cow, whose lunch he almost becomes

Gossip about Fairies 25
The original Tomb Thumb - hero of a 16th century nursery tale - was fortunate to have a fairy godmother, who protected him from the consequences of being vertically disadvantaged

Tom Thumb and Giant
He is deposited by a raven on the walls of Old Grumbo the giants castle

Swedish Baby in Cradle
A Swedish baby girl is sucking her thumb in a cradle hanging from the ceiling. She wears a little red cap

Giant Orge Falls Asleep
The Giant Ogre falls asleep, Hop o Thumb, pulls off the Seven League Boots whilst his Brothers run away

The Giant Ogre Asleep
Hop O My Thumb succeeds in pulling off one of the giant ogres Seven League Boots while he is sleeping

Tom Thumb / Queen Victoria
General Tom Thumb (real name: Charles Sherwood Stratton) is presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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