Verse Collection (page 7)

The Little Land (colour litho)
5217714 The Little Land (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Little Land)

The Old Woman makes the Broth (colour litho)
5222761 The Old Woman makes the Broth (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Old Woman makes the Broth)

A Little Boy (colour litho)
5222759 A Little Boy (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Little Boy. Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie)

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (colour litho)
5222758 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep)

Puss catches a Rabbit (colour litho)
5222752 Puss catches a Rabbit (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Puss catches a Rabbit)

The Princes Trumpeters rouse the People (colour litho)
5222751 The Princes Trumpeters rouse the People (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Princes Trumpeters rouse the People)

The Sisters tell Cinderella what happened at the Ball (colour litho)
5222749 The Sisters tell Cinderella what happened at the Ball (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Sisters tell Cinderella what happened at the Ball)

Where are you Going, my Pretty Maid? (colour litho)
5222740 Where are you Going, my Pretty Maid? (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Where are you Going, my Pretty Maid)

At Banbury Cross (colour litho)
5222737 At Banbury Cross (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: At Banbury Cross. Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie)

Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake (colour litho)
5222734 Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake)

Tennyson, The Foresters (colour litho)
5218875 Tennyson, The Foresters (colour litho) by Price, Norman Mills (1877-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Foresters)

Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe (colour litho)
5217850 Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter X, Xenophon Xenodochising Xerodermatic Xanthippe)

Letter L, Love-lorn Lyrist Letting Loose Luxurious Language (colour litho)
5217838 Letter L, Love-lorn Lyrist Letting Loose Luxurious Language (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter L)

Cover illustration for Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids (colour litho)
5217826 Cover illustration for Alliterative Anomalies for Infants and Invalids (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Flowers (colour litho)
5217715 The Flowers (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Flowers. All the names I know from nurse: Gardeners garters, Shepherds purse)

Puss welcomes the King and the Princess to the Castle (colour litho)
5222779 Puss welcomes the King and the Princess to the Castle (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Puss welcomes the King and the Princess to the Castle)

Goldilocks in the Bears Cottage (colour litho)
5222767 Goldilocks in the Bears Cottage (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Goldilocks in the Bears Cottage)

Simple Simon and the Pieman (colour litho)
5222756 Simple Simon and the Pieman (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Simple Simon and the Pieman)

Baby Bunting (colour litho)
5222732 Baby Bunting (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baby Bunting. Illustration for The Old Nursery Stories and Rhymes (Blackie)

Tennyson, The Princess (colour litho)
5218881 Tennyson, The Princess (colour litho) by Price, Norman Mills (1877-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Princess)

Letter U, Unmistakably Unemployed Unit Undergoing Unqualified Uneasiness (colour litho)
5217847 Letter U, Unmistakably Unemployed Unit Undergoing Unqualified Uneasiness (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter U)

Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes (colour litho)
5217836 Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter J, Jocular Judge Jabbering Jejune Jokes)

Foreign Children (colour litho)
5217701 Foreign Children (colour litho) by Willcox Smith, Jessie (1863-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Foreign Children)

Illustration for Three Blind Mice (colour litho)
5998543 Illustration for Three Blind Mice (colour litho) by Caldwell, Edmund G. (1852-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice)

The Babes in the Wood. Unknown (colour litho)
6026456 The Babes in the Wood. Unknown (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Babes in the Wood. Unknown)

The Camels Hump. Rudyard Kipling (colour litho)
6026455 The Camels Hump. Rudyard Kipling (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Camels Hump. Rudyard Kipling)

The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow. Kate Bunce (colour litho)
6026447 The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow. Kate Bunce (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow. Kate Bunce)

John Keats: Sleep And Poetry (colour litho)
5993603 John Keats: Sleep And Poetry (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soft closer of our eyes! Sleep And Poetry)

John Keats: Isabella, Or, The Pot Of Basil (colour litho)
5993596 John Keats: Isabella, Or, The Pot Of Basil (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hung over her sweet Basil evermore)

John Keats: Endymion (colour litho)
5993588 John Keats: Endymion (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: And knelt adown before his goddess. Endymion)

John Keats: The Eve Of St Agnes (colour litho)
5993562 John Keats: The Eve Of St Agnes (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: He took her hollow lute. The Eve Of St Agnes)

John Keats: Ode On Melancholy (colour litho)
5993561 John Keats: Ode On Melancholy (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emprison her soft hand, and let her rave. Ode On Melancholy)

Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho)
5998201 Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Landscape, 1734 (ink & colour on paper)
6199655 Landscape, 1734 (ink & colour on paper) by Wang Su (fl.1733-66); 119.4x52.7 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Plum, Narcissus and Rock, 1679 (ink on paper)
6125006 Plum, Narcissus and Rock, 1679 (ink on paper) by Wang Wu (1632-90); 112.9x44.9 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Eugene Field (colour litho)
6026451 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Eugene Field (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Eugene Field)

Lady Clare. Lord Tennyson (colour litho)
6026449 Lady Clare. Lord Tennyson (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Clare. Lord Tennyson)

Liebe alte Kinderreime, Silhouette (litho)
6021460 Liebe alte Kinderreime, Silhouette (litho) by Beckmann, Johanna (1868-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Liebe alte Kinderreime (Jos Schloz)

From "A Midsummer-Nights Dream. "William Shakespeare (colour litho)
6026461 From " A Midsummer-Nights Dream." William Shakespeare (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Land of Counterpane. R L Stevenson (colour litho)
6026438 The Land of Counterpane. R L Stevenson (colour litho) by Spooner, Minnie Didbin (1867-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Land of Counterpane. R L Stevenson)

Red Riding-Hood makes ready to start (colour litho)
5222765 Red Riding-Hood makes ready to start (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Red Riding-Hood makes ready to start)

Tennyson, The May Queen (colour litho)
5218878 Tennyson, The May Queen (colour litho) by Price, Norman Mills (1877-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The May Queen)

Tennyson, The Falcon (colour litho)
5218876 Tennyson, The Falcon (colour litho) by Price, Norman Mills (1877-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Falcon)

Tennyson, Lady Clare (colour litho)
5218873 Tennyson, Lady Clare (colour litho) by Price, Norman Mills (1877-1951) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Clare)

Letter Z, Zulu Zoologist Zealously Zigzagging Zebrawards (colour litho)
5217852 Letter Z, Zulu Zoologist Zealously Zigzagging Zebrawards (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Z)

Letter W, Wayward Wastrel With Winsome Wiles Wheedling Worthy Wayfarer (colour litho)
5217848 Letter W, Wayward Wastrel With Winsome Wiles Wheedling Worthy Wayfarer (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter W)

Letter D, Dogmatic Divine Deprecating Diffident Donkeys Doubts (colour litho)
5217831 Letter D, Dogmatic Divine Deprecating Diffident Donkeys Doubts (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter D)

Letter B, Bashful Bather Bitterly Bewailing Breeches Borrowed By Bland But Brawny Beggar (colour litho)
5217828 Letter B, Bashful Bather Bitterly Bewailing Breeches Borrowed By Bland But Brawny Beggar (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter B)

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"Verse: A Melody of Imagination and Expression" In the enchanting world of verse, where words dance upon the pages like graceful ice skaters, we find ourselves immersed in a tapestry of diverse imagery. Just as William Blake's "The Lamb" evokes innocence and experience, his illustrations transport us to a realm where imagination knows no bounds. As we wander through this poetic landscape, we stumble upon an unexpected sight—a museum showcasing an Ichthyosaurus fossil. Its ancient bones whisper tales of forgotten oceans and prehistoric wonders, reminding us that even in verse, history has its place. But it is not only fossils that captivate our attention; there is also the power of symbolism. A woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil reminds us that poetry can be both playful and profound—using metaphorical gestures to confront our deepest fears. And what could be more whimsical than four frogs gracefully gliding across ice on a Christmas card? In this moment frozen in time, joy leaps from their amphibian hearts onto the canvas—an invitation for merriment during the festive season. Yet amidst all these delightful scenes lies wisdom wrapped in humor. An old man with a beard warns us with jestful certainty about life's inevitable disappointments—a reminder that poetry can hold truths even within its most comical verses. From Colmans Mustard advertisements to breathtaking landscapes like Half Dome mountain at sunset in Yosemite National Park, verse takes on many forms. It paints vivid pictures with words alone or accompanies visual masterpieces created by others—each stroke adding depth to our understanding of human expression. Just as George Chapman's anonymous portrait invites curiosity into his identity, so does poetry invite introspection into our own souls. Like an album filled with poems and watercolors from 1828 or "The Pipes Of Lucknow, " colored lithographs transporting us back in time—we discover new facets of ourselves through every line read or heard.