Upbringing Collection

Cover design, The Mothers Picture Alphabet
Cover design in blue and gold, The Mothers Picture Alphabet, dedicated by Her Majestys Permission to HRH the Princess Beatrice, designed by Henry Anelay, engraved by James Johnston. Date: circa 1860

Going to School
Growing up in a rural idyll, a child rides her pony to school. Date: c. 1930

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus as a child

Saturday Afternoon. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Cora Pearl Photo
CORA PEARL (born Eliza Emma Crouch) - English-born courtesan whose convent-school upbringing led to a brilliant career as the queen of the Paris demi-monde : in 1867. Date: 1835 - 1886

Queen Elizabeth in her pram aged three
An imperious looking Princess Elizabeth of York (Queen Elizabeth II) being taken out in her new perambulator by her nanny after returning from Scotland, where she had been with her parents

The Bear-Leaders, by R C Carton. First produced at the Comedy Theatre, London, February 1912. The children in bear costume reflect the idea, central to the play

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Z, showing Zaccheus (Zacchaeus) climbing a tree in order to see Jesus. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Y, showing a group of people enjoying Christmas by a large fireplace where a yule log is burning. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- X, showing Moses with the Ten Commandments. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- W, showing a windmill on a windy day. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- V, showing a group of children going on a trip in a horse-drawn van. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- U, showing two children sheltering from the rain under an umbrella. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- T, showing a steam train emerging from a tunnel. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- R, showing a girl called Rosa with rabbits and roses. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Q, showing a portrait of a young Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- P, showing a mother teaching her child to pray. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- L, showing a lighthouse and some lemons. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- M, showing a milkmaid milking a cow on a moor. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- N, showing a boy selling newspapers on a street. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- K, showing three boys about to fly a kite. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- J, showing a judge in his robes. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- G, showing a grandfather and grandchild looking at a gold watch. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- I, showing a mother and her infant. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- H, showing a hen and her chicks in a farmyard. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- F, showing two children with fruit and flowers. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- D, showing two girls with a doll. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- E, showing eggs in a birds nest, and an egg in an eggcup. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- C, showing a girl and her dog. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- B, showing a boy reading a Bible. Date: circa 1860

Frontispiece, The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- Feed My Lambs, St John XXI XV (Chapter 21, Verse 15). A young mother reads a book to her two children. Date: circa 1860

The Mothers Picture Alphabet -- A, showing people gathering apples in an orchard. Date: circa 1860

Title page, The Mothers Picture Alphabet, dedicated by Her Majestys Permission to HRH the Princess Beatrice, designed by Henry Anelay, engraved by James Johnston. Date: circa 1860

Quick on The Draw. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

On a Swiing Made For Two. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Poster advertising Trufood -- Put breakable things out of reach. Date: circa 1949-1950

Leo Taxil (Caricature)
LEO TAXIL (real name Gabriel Antoine Jogand-Pages) French controversialist, after Jesuit upbringing became vigorous anti-Catholic writer

Advertisements, illustrated books for children
Advertisements for various illustrated books for children, some for them to colour in themselves, and some designed to bring them up as good little Christians

Advert page, illustrated books for children
Advertisements for illustrated books for children, including such enticing titles as Peas-Blossom, Honor Bright, and Robin and Linnet

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