Nursery Collection

The nursery rhyme, Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? Silver bells and cockle-shells, and pretty maids all in a row. Date: c. 1930

Children in a Room, 1909. Artist: Edouard Vuillard
Children in a Room, 1909. Vuillard, Edouard-Jean (1868-1940). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. But ne er a penny was therein, except the lining round it. 20th century

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away !

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock, Are the children in their beds...?

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

The nursery rhyme Lets go to bed
Lets go to bed, said sleepyhead. Tarry a while, said slow, Put on the pan, said greedy Nan, Lets sup before we go. Date: c. 1930

Chadburn Brothers, Optical Instrument Makers, Albion Works, Nursery Street
Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 855 L

Nosey Kids
10th August 1942: Nursery school children gather round a Chrysler car belonging to Mrs JG Winan, the wife of the US ambassador to Britain

Three Little Kittens Are Washing Their Mittens. Artist: Louis Wain. Traditional nursery rhyme Date: circa 1905

Ride-a-cock-horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady ride on a white horse... 20th century

Three Little Kittens
The Three Little Kittens are washing their mittens. 19th century

Lords Cricket Ground as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch and pavilion of Lords Cricket Ground, during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Peter Pan / Michael & Nana
Michael rides on the back of the dog Nana

Zebra heels
Sarah Manovski

New Lanark Mills, Scotland. Robert Owens (1771-1858) model community of cotton mills, housing, education, worlds first day nursery, evening classes, village shop (beginning of Co-operative movement)

Polly Put the Kettle On
Polly, put the kettle on, we ll all have tea; Sukey, take it off again, they ve all gone away ! - Polly fills her kettle at the pump

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Puss in Boots -- walking along a country lane. 19th century

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffys house

Lucy Locket / Greenaway
Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it. There was not a penny in it but a ribbon round it

Little Miss Muffet (K. G
She upsets her stool when she finds a - really, rather small - spider sharing it with her

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon, the little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon

Song of Sixpence 1818
Sing a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye, Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie

Four & Twenty Blackbirds Date: circa 1918

Hey Diddle Diddle
Is the cow jumping over the moon as a result of the cats fiddling, or is the cat simply providing a musical accompaniment to the cows feat ? Difficult questions

BARRIE: PETER PAN, 1911. Peter flies into the nursery. Drawing by Francis D. Bedford for the 1911 edition of J.M. Barries Peter Pan

Bye Baby Bunting Date: circa 1918

Little one-yr-old, Georgina Rumph, likes to be in the swim. In fact she just loves a tub with some-water in it. However, a showers another thing

Cross-Section of House
A cross-section of a family house showing members of the household about their various tasks in the kitchen, drawing room, nursery and schoolroom

Little Bo-Peep (coloured engraving)
6028108 Little Bo-Peep (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Bo-Peep)

Rock-a-bye-baby - Illustration of traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: From Cassells Childrens Annual. Florence Mary Anderson circa 1920

WW1 - Lords Cricket Ground used as a Goose Farm, 1915
Photograph showing the pitch of the Marylebone Cricket Ground (Lord s), during the grounds use as a farm for rearing geese in World War I

Christmas Is Coming
Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in the old mans hat If you havent got a penny a hapenny will do If you havent got a hapenny God bless you Father Christmas sits in

The nursery rhyme, Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away. Date: c. 1930

Nursery Rhyme - Ride a Cock-Horse
Nursery Rhyme -- Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross. Showing a cute little boy on a hobby horse. Date: circa 1920s

Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy Wheeler
A little boy and girl stare up at a wall on which sits a very superior looking Humpty Dumpty wearing a crown and an eye glass

Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, Styal
View inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph

Humpty Dumpty looking unhappy after his fall, with cracks all over his head. A soldier in the background looks on helplessly

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row

Nursery Characters - How Many Can You Spot? by Pauline Bayne
Stunningly detailed illustration by Pauline Baynes featuring no less than 56 different nursery rhyme characters. Can you spot them all? If not, there is a key to the picture in Holly Leaves, 1954

Rabbit and Flowers 2
Bilge Paksoylu

Fairyland Express, All Aboard for the Land of Nod
Toddlers in white nightgowns board a train to the Land of Nod, accompanied by various toys as bedtime companions. Date: 1924

Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds
Silhouette, Nursery Rhyme, Sing a Song of Sixpence, Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. 20th century

The man in the Moon
A boy, retrieving his kite from the branches of a tree, finds himself confronted by the Man in the Moon

Nursery Rhyme -- Baa Baa Black Sheep
Nursery Rhyme - Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool? Date: circa 1920s

Plan of part of the Town of Sheffield shewing the existing markets
Scale: 400 yards to 6.3 inches.Surveyors: J G Weightman and M E Hadfield.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library:s 16 L

J Mercer. The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts... 20th century

Old mother hubbard: dog standing head and smoking pipe
She went to the hatters to buy him a hat, but when she came back he was feeding the cat. She went to the tavern for white wine and red, but when she came back the dog stood on his head

Boenninghausenia albiflora (Ruta albiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

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

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1823-1910). British nurse and philanthropist. He organized military hospitals for the injured during the Crimean War (1854-55) and founded in London a nursery school

Jack and Jill
" Traditional nursery rhyme promotional postcard for Wrights Coal Tar Soap. " Jill had a job to mend his nob with vinegar and brown paper." Date: c.1914

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

Sing a Song of Sixpence -- the king cuts into his pie, and the blackbirds start to sing. 19th century

If all the World Was
If all the world was apple pie; And all the sea was ink, And all the trees were bread and cheese, What should we have to drink? Date: circa 1912

Rhymes / Doctor Foster
Dr Foster went to Gloucester In a shower of rain He stepped in a puddle right up to the middle, And never went there again

Cock Robin 1
After the unfortunate death of Cock Robin, the Rook reads the burial service

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Nursery rhyme, This Little Pig
Depiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc

Two children admire new baby
Two children admire the new baby: " Mum found him in an Easter egg..."

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines
Illustration, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat. Please put a penny in the old man's hat. An illustration of Father Christmas keeping his eye on the curious geese. Date: 1900

Rather wonderful pair (possibly father and son?) dressed as Tom, Tom the Pipers Son. The boy on the right is Tom, while the man on the left, dressed as a yokel, holds the pig that Tom steals

I saw a ship a-sailing - Traditional nursery rhyme. From The Land of Nursery Rhyme published by JM Dent Date: 1930

Lady on the White Horse, Banbury (coloured photo)
3642735 Lady on the White Horse, Banbury (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady on the White Horse, Banbury)

Nursery rhyme: Little Boy Blue (chromolitho)
5990948 Nursery rhyme: Little Boy Blue (chromolitho) by Haslewood, Constance (fl.1890); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Boy Blue)

Little Tommy Tittlemouse (colour litho)
3631217 Little Tommy Tittlemouse (colour litho) by Greenaway, Kate (1846-1901) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Tommy Tittlemouse)

Mary had a little pig
Traditional nursery rhyme. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1918

Mothercraft
circa 1910: Mothercraft lessons for girls at a day nursery in Acton, showing how to bath a baby. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hey Diddle Diddle
The artist has got cow, cat, fiddle, dish, spoon and dog into his picture, but the connection between them remains obscure

The Newmarket Houghton Meeting
Various horse races relating to the Newmarket Houghton meeting, including the Limekiln Stakes won by Mr Fairies Bayardo

Little Jumping Joan
Here am I, little Jumping Joan, when nobodys with me I m all alone

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been? I ve been up to London to look at the queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under the chair Date: circa 1912

In Disgrace by Muriel Dawson
A small blonde child is made to stand facing the wall in disgrace after some apparent misdemeanour in the nursery or school room

An incubator nursery
Nurses attending to sick babies kept alive in a ward of incubators. The incubators pictured are from a design by Paul Altmann and distributed by Messrs Coney and Schenkhein

BOX SELLER
Band Boxes. A box seller passes Benjamin Tabarts Juvenile Library on Bond Street, London. Tabart was an early seller of fairy tales & nursery stories for children

Song of Sixpence 2 / 3
The King stands ready to carve the enormous pie... (2 of 3)

Little Brown Owl / Boyle
THE LITTLE BROWN OWL sits up in the tree, and if you look well his big eyes you may see !

Jack Horner (Anderson)
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 !

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EDITORS COMMENTS

Step into the enchanting world of the nursery, where childhood dreams come alive. From the timeless nursery rhymes like "Mary, Mary, quite contrary" and "Georgie Porgie, " to the vibrant illustrations in Plate 18 of Kelways Manual. Plants, Seeds and Bulbs, this is a place filled with whimsy and wonder. Immerse yourself in The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes, where imaginations run wild and holiday magic dances through the air. Did you know that Lords Cricket Ground was once transformed into a Goose Farm in 1915? It's incredible how stories can take unexpected turns. As you explore further, discover the classic Song of Sixpence from 1818 that brings back memories of singing along as a child. Chadburn Brothers' Optical Instrument Makers at Albion Works on Nursery Street remind us of how technology has evolved over time. But let's not forget about those Nosey Kids who always find their way into mischief. Just like Lucy Locket who lost her pocket or Wee Willie Winkie peeking through windows to check if children are tucked in bed. Transport yourself back to simpler times with Children in a Room painted by Edouard Vuillard in 1909. This artwork captures innocence and joy within these four walls. In this captivating nursery realm, imagination knows no bounds. So step inside and let your inner child roam free amidst tales old and new.