Nursery Collection

Wee Willie Winkie. Source unknown

Humpty Dumpty. Source unknown

Fairy tea party

Water Skiing

Nursery animals playing in boat

Nursery scenes

Fair

Elephant being hit by a ball

Boy and rabbit dancing

Boating

The tight rope walker

Nursery rhyme illustration. From Treasure (artwork dated 22 June)

Sailing

Nursery school

Unidentified montage of nursery rhyme characters with items associated with them. Includes Little Bo Peep and her sheep, dancing pigs, the Queen of Hearts and her tarts and Little Jack Horner and pie

Home decoration

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Nursery characters dancing

Taking tea with rabbits

Design for book cover, nursery stories. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio 1896

Little Tommy Tucker. Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1906

A number of rooks. Nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1918

Mary Mary Quite contrary. Nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1918

Nursery Rhymes -- fox in the snow
Nursery Rhymes -- a fox walking through a snowy landscape by moonlight. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- washday, horse and crow
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man and a woman on wash day. Below -- a crow startles a horse so much that the two riders are thrown off. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- baby and drummer, lion
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a royal baby in a cradle is entertained by a drummer. Below -- an old lion lies on the ground. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard. She went to the tailors to buy him a coat, but when she came back he was riding the goat. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- man fishing, boy on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a man fishing. Below -- a little boy walking along a road in the dusk. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- girl and boy, Punch and Judy
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a girl and a boy in a garden, with dolls. Below -- Mr Punch hits Judy on a beach, watched by his dog Toby. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- two travelling scenes

Nursery Rhymes -- couple arguing, blacksmith
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an elderly couple argue in a bare room, with bags of gold and silver on the floor

Nursery Rhymes -- Mulberry Bush
Nursery Rhymes -- Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go round the mulberry bush, On a cold and frosty morning. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly Flinders
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Mary Had a Little Lamb. The lamb follows Mary to school, but the teacher chases the lamb away. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, giant snail
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a little dog runs away as a bull runs into a tree. Below -- people throw sticks and stones at a giant snail (Four-and-twenty tailors went to kill a snail)

Nursery Rhymes -- Jolly Miller, Tom Thumb

Nursery Rhymes -- boy in bed, beggars on road
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a little boy sits up in bed and looks out of the window. Below -- a group of beggars approach a town, to be met by hostile dogs (Hark, Hark)

Nursery Rhymes -- F, I, Z
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations for three letters of the alphabet. Showing a man ploughing a field, a white mouse sitting on someones hand with a head of wheat

Nursery Rhymes -- Men of Gotham, bakers shop
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Three Wise Men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, and if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer

Nursery Rhymes -- man on horse, royal scene

Nursery Rhymes -- old woman, pig on cart

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Mother Hubbard, Peter Piper
Nursery Rhymes. Old Mother Hubbard (above) -- She went to the tavern for white wine and red, and when she came back the dog stood on his head

Nursery Rhymes -- Robin Redbreast

Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock Horse
Nursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse

Nursery Rhymes -- Ding Dong Bell, Old King Cole
Nursery Rhymes. Above is Ding Dong Bell, with an unfortunate (or by this time fortunate) cat being pulled out of a well. Below is Old King Cole

Nursery Rhyme -- The Carrion Crow. A tailor sits sewing, and is irritated by a carrion crow making a noise in a tree. He aims at the crow with his crossbow

Nursery Rhymes -- foxhunters, Mary in her garden
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Three foxhunters find a hedgehog (above). Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? (below) early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- two birds, man and chimney
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a white cockatoo and a black crow. Below -- a man clings to a chimney. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- blowing horn, foxhunting
Nursery Rhymes, two illustrations. A man in blue pyjamas blows a horn in the snow by the light of the moon (above). Three men go foxhunting (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- monkey, horse and cart, butcher
Nursery Rhymes -- three illustrations, showing a monkey falling from a tree, a horse pulling a cart full of sacks, and a butcher who has cut his hand on a knife. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheese
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a boy sits doing sums on a slate while other boys play football. Below -- mice eating bread, cheese and an apple. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son. Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, that those who heard him could never keep still; as soon as he played they began for to dance

Nursery Rhymes -- King and Knave, woman baking
Nursery Rhymes. The King of Hearts punishes the Knave for stealing the tarts (above). A woman bakes a pie (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- accident, children in rain
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- an accident on a country road involving a pedestrian and a horse-drawn cart. Below -- a girl and boy shelter under a tree during a shower of rain

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Woman and Her Pig
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, The Old Woman and Her Pig. The ox refuses to drink the water, so she asks the butcher to kill the ox, but he refuses

Nursery Rhymes -- Knave and Queen of Hearts
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- the Knave of Hearts takes a tart. Below -- the Queen of Hearts making her tarts. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Golden Egg
Nursery Rhymes -- two scenes from the Goose that laid the Golden Egg, showing Mother Goose and her owl outside her cottage (above), and two men on a country road with the golden egg (below)

Nursery Rhymes -- runaway horse, Tom the Pipers Son
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a woman on a runaway horse. Below -- Tom the Pipers Son stealing a pig. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Little Bo Peep, Simple Simon
Nursery Rhymes. Little Bo Peep with her sheep (above). Simple Simon fishing in a bucket (below). early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- cutting skirt, mouse-drawn cart
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- There was an old woman, as I ve heard tell, she went to market her eggs for to sell; she went to market all on a market day

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, cockerel
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, showing a bull tossing an unfortunate dog into the air, and a cock crowing at sunrise, waking all the farmyard animals. early 20th century

Cover design, Nursery Rhymes, showing Mother Goose flying through the air. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack Sprat, man in forest
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Below -- a man in a forest in a green costume. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- Babes in the Wood

Nursery Rhymes -- man watching pigs in a sty
Nursery Rhymes -- a man watching pigs in a sty. In the first illustration the pigs are plump and happy, but in the second they are thin and crying. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- children on ice, lady at grocer s

Royal childrens fashion - Nursery woollies knitting booklet
Front cover of a knitting booket, with patterns based on fashions worn by children in the royal family and featuring portraits of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II)

Nursery animals playing in the garden

Game cards

Nursery Rhyme Characters, including humpty dumpty, the Queen of Hearts, the Old Woman in the Shoe, the cow who jumped over the moon, the cat and the fiddle

Children on pedalo boats (with hidden objects)

Kittens playing in a pond

Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman, Let me taste your ware. Said the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your penny

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Two bonny blue eyes, a dear little nose, a pretty little mouth, and her name is Rose. A little boy pays court to a little girl who stands watering her garden. 20th century

Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn... Date: 19th century

What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, Sir, she said. 20th century

The Cat Ran Up the Plum Tree... half a crown to fetch her down... 20th century

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