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The history of nursery rhymes can be traced back centuries. They have a strong oral tradition, and many were sung as folk songs long before they were written down or illustrated in a range of styles, from classic and traditional to modern and abstract, some with text or captions from the nursery rhymes, with others relying solely on the images to convey the story.

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Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey Diddle Diddle
Scene of the classic nursery rhyme 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

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
Vintage colour engraving of the Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. A mother goat leaves her seven children at home while she ventures into the forest to find

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A sobbing medieval child has been punished by his uncle for not being able to spell the word pie, to the horror of his aunt, Mrs Grace. The punishment involves sitting on the kitchen shelf

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Who Comes Here?, A Grenadier - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Who Comes Here?, A Grenadier - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A British Grenadier from a later age approaches a tavern - " Ye Bleeding Horse" - where some medieval characters are imbibing ale

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow

The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow
A mother shielding her daughter from the cruel north wind as they both contemplate a robin in the snow - The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow and what will poor robin do then, poor thing

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: The House that Jack Built

The House that Jack Built
Vintage engraving from the popular British nursery rhyme This Is the House That Jack Built

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Humpty Dumpty Illustration

Humpty Dumpty Illustration
Humpty Dumpty, hat, wall and motif illustration

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Robin and Richard were two pretty men - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Robin and Richard were two pretty men - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
Its ten in the morning and two men have overslept, to the horror of one of them, although the other one appears unconcerned

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf
Vintage colour engraving of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. Little Red Riding Hood, or Little Red Ridinghood, also known as Little Red Cap or simply Red Riding Hood

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
A fat woman (wearing a monstrous headdress) and her thin husband unequally share a meal while a servant brings them some drinks

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Sing a Song of Sixpence - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Sing a Song of Sixpence - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration
" Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye - Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie - When the pie was open d the birds began to sing - Was that not a dainty dish to set before the King

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel
Vintage colour engraving of Hansel and Gretel with the witch. A well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Three Blind Mice Illustration

Three Blind Mice Illustration
3 blind mice illustration isolated on a black background

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Baby sleeping

Baby sleeping
A baby boy with blue hair sleeps on top of a cottom-like cloud, with a green pillow and a purple sky. The moon and the letters "pause" hang from a thread

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: boy playing the trumpet

boy playing the trumpet
A black boy plays the trumpet sitting in the window ledge. A grey cat is resting near him, looking at the dark city outside. The moon is shining, and the night falls over the street houses

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: night train

night train
A boy wearing a striped scarf waves as he drives a night train through the purple mountains. The light points at a tree where an owl is watching. The moon is sleeping and there is a starry sky

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Bluebeard warning his wife not to open locked room, fairytale

Bluebeard warning his wife not to open locked room, fairytale
Vintage engraving of Bluebeard giving his wife the keys to the castle. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Jack the Giant Killer, Jack blowing the horn at the gaints door, Dragons, Fairy tale

Jack the Giant Killer, Jack blowing the horn at the gaints door, Dragons, Fairy tale
Vintage colour illustration from the story Jack the Giant Killer, a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Old Mother Hubbard, The Cupboard was bare, nursery rhyme

Old Mother Hubbard, The Cupboard was bare, nursery rhyme
Vintage illustration of a scene from Old Mother Hubbard an English-language nursery rhyme. The Cupboard was bare

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: They all ran after the farmer's wife

They all ran after the farmer's wife
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Three blind mice painting, sepia

Three blind mice painting, sepia
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run, They all ran after the farmer's wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: See how they run

See how they run
"Three blind mice, Three blind mice, See how they run, See how they run..." from the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice" illustrated by Edmund

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Wound it seem'd both sore and sad

Wound it seem'd both sore and sad
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad, To every christian eye

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Snow White and the Prince

Snow White and the Prince
Vintage colour engraving of Snow White a German fairy tale known across much of Europe and is today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Robin Hood and his Merry Men hunting in Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood and his Merry Men hunting in Sherwood Forest
Vintage engraving of Robin Hood and his Merry Men hunting in Sherwood Forest

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Little Thumb, the home of the Ogre, Perrault's Fairy Tales

Little Thumb, the home of the Ogre, Perrault's Fairy Tales
Vintage engraving of Hop-O'-My-Thumb and his brothers at the home of the Ogre. Hop O My Thumb, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Woodcut engravings from the story Babes in the Wood

Woodcut engravings from the story Babes in the Wood
Vintage illustration of Woodcut engravings from the story Babes in the Wood, early 19th Century. Babes in the Wood is a traditional children's tale, as well as a popular pantomime subject

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: This Is the House That Jack Built, British nursery rhyme

This Is the House That Jack Built, British nursery rhyme
Vintage illustration This Is the House That Jack Built, British nursery rhyme and cumulative tale

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: She shall have music wherever she goes, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross

She shall have music wherever she goes, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
Vintage illustration of Scene from the traditional English Nursery rhyme, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross. By Randolph Caldecott. She shall have music wherever she goes

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Sore sick they were

Sore sick they were
Vintage engraving from the Babes in the Wood is a traditional children's tale. Sore sicke they were and like to dye

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Tortoise and the Hare

Tortoise and the Hare
Vintage colour engraving of the race between the Tortoise and the Hare

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Mother cat and kittens going home

Mother cat and kittens going home
A Victorian family watching a mother cat taking her kittens home. And is that a rodent's tail hanging out of the window...? Fur will fly! From "R

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood, by Gustave Dore

The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood, by Gustave Dore
Vintage engraving of The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Three blind mice with a carving knife

Three blind mice with a carving knife
Three blind mice sitting on a carving knife. Are they mad? From the nursery rhyme as depicted in "The Diverting History of Three Blind Mice" illustrated by Edmund G Caldwell

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Give ear unto my Song

Give ear unto my Song
Vintage engraving from the nursery rhyme An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack

Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack
Vintage colour engraving from the story The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack is a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper

Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper
Vintage colour engraving of Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper an Italian folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Little Sister and Little Brother - Bruderchen und Schwesterchen

Little Sister and Little Brother - Bruderchen und Schwesterchen
Vintage colour engraving of Little Sister and Little Brother (Bruderchen und Schwesterchen) a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Jack the Giant Killer, rescuing people from the evil giant, Fairy tale

Jack the Giant Killer, rescuing people from the evil giant, Fairy tale
Vintage colour illustration from the story Jack the Giant Killer, a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Puss in Boots

Puss in Boots
Vintage colour engraving of Puss in Boots (Master Cat; or, The Booted Cat), a European literary fairy tale about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Sleeping Beauty fairy tale

Sleeping Beauty fairy tale
Vintage colour engraving of Sleeping Beauty (German: DornrA¶schen) by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairy tale involving a beautiful princess, a sleeping enchantment, and a handsome prince

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Alice holding a Plum Cake with The Lion and the Unicorn in Through the Looking-Glass

Alice holding a Plum Cake with The Lion and the Unicorn in Through the Looking-Glass
Alice holding a plum cake with The Lion and the Unicorn from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Antique etching circa late 19th century

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhyme, The dog was feeding the cat

Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhyme, The dog was feeding the cat
Vintage illustration of a scene from Old Mother Hubbard an English-language nursery rhyme. The dog was feeding the cat

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Thumbling - Little Tom Thumb

Thumbling - Little Tom Thumb
Vintage colour engraving of Thumbling (Little Tom Thumb) a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. Thumbling, a poor childless peasant couple wishes for a child no matter how small aloud

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Cinderellas fairy godmother carving the pumpkin into a coach, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Cinderellas fairy godmother carving the pumpkin into a coach, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Vintage engraving of Cinderella: Cinderellas fairy godmother carving the pumpkin into a coach, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in the wood, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in the wood, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
Vintage engraving of Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in the woods. Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination: Ogre and his wife, Hop O My Thumb, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Ogre and his wife, Hop O My Thumb, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore
Vintage engraving of the Ogre and his wife. Hop O My Thumb, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

Perfect for decorating children's bedrooms or playrooms, these charming prints will spark your child's imagination, ignite a love of storytelling and bring the magic of nursery rhymes into your home

Whimsical nursery rhyme artworks curated to evoke a sense of wonder and imagination

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