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

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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Hey Diddle Diddle

Humpty Dumpty Illustration

Who Comes Here?, A Grenadier - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Little Jack Jelf was Put on the Shelf - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

The north wind doth blow and we shall have snow

Wolf and the Seven Young Kids

The House that Jack Built

Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Robin and Richard were two pretty men - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Hey Diddle Diddle, And the dish ran away with the spoon, Nursery Rhyme

Little Tommy Tucker - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Little Miss Lily, You re Dreadfully Silly - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Sing a Song of Sixpence - Victorian nursery rhyme illustration

Snow White (Schneewittchen), by Brothers Grimm, chromolithograph, published 1898

Three Blind Mice Illustration

Baby sleeping

boy playing the trumpet

night train

Bluebeard warning his wife not to open locked room, fairytale

Jack the Giant Killer, Jack blowing the horn at the gaints door, Dragons, Fairy tale

Old Mother Hubbard, The Cupboard was bare, nursery rhyme

They all ran after the farmer's wife

Three blind mice painting, sepia

See how they run

Wound it seem'd both sore and sad

Snow White and the Prince

Robin Hood and his Merry Men hunting in Sherwood Forest

Little Thumb, the home of the Ogre, Perrault's Fairy Tales

Woodcut engravings from the story Babes in the Wood

This Is the House That Jack Built, British nursery rhyme

She shall have music wherever she goes, Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross

Sore sick they were

Tortoise and the Hare

Mother cat and kittens going home

The Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood, by Gustave Dore

Three blind mice with a carving knife

Give ear unto my Song

Wishing-Table, Gold-Ass, and Cudgel in the Sack

Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper

Little Sister and Little Brother - Bruderchen und Schwesterchen

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

Jack the Giant Killer, rescuing people from the evil giant, Fairy tale

Puss in Boots

Sleeping Beauty fairy tale

Alice holding a Plum Cake with The Lion and the Unicorn in Through the Looking-Glass

Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhyme, The dog was feeding the cat

Thumbling - Little Tom Thumb

Cinderellas fairy godmother carving the pumpkin into a coach

Little Red Riding Hood encounters the wolf in the wood, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Ogre and his wife, Hop O My Thumb

Puss in Boots, Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault illustrated by Gustave Dore

The ogre found Tom Thumb and his brothers

Voyage to the moon

Puck and Peri Never Weary

Nocturnal Discourse

Don Quixote and Sancho setting out

The milkmaids carrying to squire to the cow

The milkmaid milking to cow with the young squire

Shall I marry you, my Pretty Maid, Nursery Rhyme

Squire flirting with milkmaid, Victorian, 19th Century

Milkmaids dancing in the field, while the square rides away

The Milkmaid leaving home to go milk the cows, Nursery Rhyme

The young Squire flirting with the Milkmaid

The Milkmaid and the squire, Nursery Rhyme

Pompous young squire marching away from the milkmaid

The young Squire and the Milkmaid, Nursery Rhyme

The squire running away from the milkmaids, Nursery Rhyme

Squire riding the cow, while the milkmaids laugh at him

The milkmaids and the cows, Victorian 19th Century

Young Squire out riding with his dog, Nursery Rhyme, The Milkmaid

Milkmaids milking cows in the field, Victorian, 19th Century

The farmer going to work. The Milkmaids father, Nursery Rhyme

Two dogs, Greyhound and collie

You must seek a wife with a fortune, Nursery Rhyme, The Milkmaid

Poor young Squire and his mother, Nursery Rhyme, The Milkmaid

The cow watching the milkmaid and the Squire

The Fiddle, from the Nursery Rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle

Bye, baby Bunting, Nursery Rhyme, Father

Bye, baby Bunting, Nursery Rhyme, In rabbit skin

Hey Diddle Diddle, to see such fun

Hey Diddle Diddle, The Cat and the Fiddle, Nursery Rhyme

Hey Diddle Diddle, The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, Nursery Rhyme

The Cat, from the Nursery Rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey Diddle Diddle, The little dog laughed, Nursery Rhyme



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

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