Images Dated 26th January 2016

Outdoor games. Cricket
Young Edwardian boy with a cricket bat. Date: circa 1903

Caricature of John Corlett of The Sporting Times
Caricature of John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times

Hatchards bookshop
Advertisement by Hatchards bookshop promoting one of its books. Depicts an Edwardian lady in front of a horse drawn coach. Date: 1896

Dressing doll. Dick Whittington
Dick Whittington. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Hans Andersens Fairy Tales
Fairy tale illustration from Ole Lukole the Dustman. Date: circa 1930

Viola Meynell (author)
Portrait of Daisy Ashford from The Bookman. Date: 1919

Patrick MacGill (author)
Portrait of Patrick MacGill from The Bookman. Date: 1919

Hans Andersens Fairy Tales
Fairy tale illustration from The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Date: circa 1930

Panning for gold
Australian prospector panning for gold. Date: 1911

Cowboys & Indians
Playing cowboys & indians round the encampment. Date: circa 1935

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Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singer
Caricature of George Leybourne (1842-1884), British music hall singer, described as a lion comique, famous for his song Champagne Charlie. It appears that his death had been mistakenly announced

Witch on a broomstick
Children spot a witch on a broomstick at Halloween. Date: circa 1910

Sheila Kaye-Smith (author)
Portrait of Sheila Kaye-Smith from The Bookman. Date: 1919

Fairyland fantasy
I dreamed you were with me in Fairyland. Date: 1924

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
The dame made a curtsey ?. Date: circa 1770

Woman in a poppy field
Victorian painting of a woman with a red umbrella strolling through a field of poppies. Date: circa 1870

A novice nun in prayer Date: 1908

Dressing doll. Dolly Dimple
Dolly Dimple. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Beauty & the Beast
Beauty & the Beast. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Panorama. Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Panorama. Jack & the Beanstalk
Jack & the Beanstalk. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Mary Mary Quite Contrary. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Miss Muffett. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Alphonse Mucha
Female piper in an Art Nouveau setting. Date: circa 1895

Portrait of George Honey, singer, comedian and actor
Portrait of George Honey (1822-1880), popular singer, comedian and actor on the London stage. 1880

Exotic birds
Painting of exotic birds taken from a Battersea enamel. Date: 1905

Sunlight Soap
Advertisement for Sunlight Soap. Date: circa 1905

Art Nouveau style border
Art nouveau style border with space for picture. Date: 1903

Edwardian Christmas card
Christmas greeting card depicting a young girl with a green umbrella in a snowy scene, carrying her doll Date: circa 1908

Dressing doll. Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll Vive La France
Vive La France!. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Dutch Girl
The Little Dutch Girl. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Miss America
Little Miss America. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Pretty Peggy
Pretty Peggy. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the doll character. Date: 1921

Panorama. Cinderella
Cinderella. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Simple Simon. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Bathing beauties
Edwardian bathing beauty in a yellow swimsuit reclining on a wave. Date: circa 1910

Heath Robinson
Laundry impressions. The collector calls. One of a set of 6 postcards. Date: circa 1920

Virgin Mary. Eric Gill
Decoration of the Virgin Mary for the Canterbury Tales. Date: circa 1925

Children paddling at the seaside
Children having fun by the seaside. From a postcard published by J Salmon of Sevenoaks. Date: circa 1925

Cock-Doodle-Do
The nursery rhyme Cock-a-Doodle-Do & an engraving of a fine cockerel. Date: circa 1830

Mother & child on a swing
Regency painting of a mother & child on a swing in a country setting. Date: circa 1820

Birds on the Wing cut out
Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher. Cut out postcard enabling children to cut out the model birds. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Robin Hood
Robin Hood. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Panorama. Beauty & the Beast
Beauty & the Beast. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the fairyland figures & place them in a theatrical setting. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Jack Horner. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Little Bo-Peep. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Dressing doll. Baby Bunting. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921

Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli -- His Last Innings
Caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative politician, on losing the General Election to the Liberal party -- His Last Innings! Bowled Gladstone! 1880

Caricature of Herbert Campbell, comedian and actor
Caricature of Herbert Campbell (real name Herbert Edward Story, 1844-1904), English comedian and actor. 1880

How men propose in classic times. Date: 1904

Fairyland fantasy
Weaving a web of golden fancies. Date: 1924

Fairyland fantasy
Whats o clock? And I ll be there. Date: 1924

Fairyland fantasy
Lost in Wonderland. Date: 1924

Fairyland fantasy
Tis now the witching hour of night. Date: 1924

Fairyland fantasy
Oh, to be with you in the wonderous land of happiness! Date: 1924

How men propose in France. Date: 1904

How men propose in China. Date: 1904

Fairyland fantasy
Let me build a castle in the air and carry you off in a chariot fair. Date: 1924

Fairyland fantasy
Hie away neath shades of night to the castle of delight. Date: 1924

Picture primer for young schoolchildren. Date: circa 1770

Boys in an apple trees
Boys scrumping apples. Woodcut. Date: circa 1770

Shepherd & his sheep
Woodcut of rustic scene. Date: circa 1770

Boars head. Woodcut. Date: circa 1770

To market, to market
Nursery rhyme. Woodcut. Date: circa 1770

Robert Barnes my fellow fine
Nursery rhyme. Woodcut. Date: circa 1770

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
She went to the hosiers ?. Date: circa 1770

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
She went to the seamstress ?. Date: circa 1770

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
She went to the barbers ?. Date: circa 1770

Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme
She went to the tailorrs ?. Date: circa 1770

Fencing
En garde. Two fencers prepare to duel. Date: 1910

Cora Laparcerie
Photo of Cora Laparceri, French actress poet & theatre director. Image mounted within an art nouveau style frame. Date: 1905

The Fan
Illustration of a young girl with a fan. Date: 1907

Sunlight Soap
Advertisement for Sunlight Soap. Date: circa 1905

The Prince of Wales
Portrait of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) Date: 1909

Sunlight Soap
Advertisement for Sunlight Soap. Date: circa 1906

Svres porcelain
A fine example of a decorative Sevres porcelain vase Date: circa 1855

Edwardian beauty
Fashionable lady in stunningly flowing dress & feathered hat preens herself in front of a cheval mirror. Date: 1908

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