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Toys

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Children's paraphernalia
Infants' supplies

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Images from the collections

Images about Toys

37 images from works
  • A vaccinated man grows horns in front of a couple with a lancet. Coloured etching, c. 1800.
  • A ghostly skeleton trying to strangle a sick child; representing diphtheria. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
  • An itinerant salesman selling small woollen toys from a wicker baket. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • East London Hospital for Children, Shadwell: a party in one of the wards on New Year's Eve. Wood engraving, 1870.
  • A group of children playing at being doctors and pharmacists, mother and grandmother approach through a door. Photogravure after F. Hardy.
  • The General Lying-in Hospital, York Road, Lambeth. Engraving by J. Shury, 1830, after N. Whittock.
  • Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.
  • A ward in a children's hospital, Lambeth. Photograph, 1925.
  • Hydraulic mechanical toy, 1657.
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Works from the collections

46 works

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    Children playing in their nursery: performing at and attending the theatre. Chromolithograph after E. Lees after A. Havers, 1890.

    | Alice Havers | Date: 1890 | Reference: 16201i
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    Bagnigge Wells, London: a family group, the Dumplings, on a day out. Mezzotint.

    | Reference: 38743i
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    Two dolls, one with black hair and dressed in green and red, the other with fair hair and dressed in blue and white

    | Deane, Winifred, active approximately 1943-1967 | Date: 1 December 1966 | Reference: 2924555i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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    King's College School, Norwich, Norfolk. Wood engraving by UTWC.

    | Reference: 20000i
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    The blind school, Southwark: with a bustling street scene. Lithograph by L. Haghe, ca.1835, after J. Johnson.

    | Johnson, J. | Date: [1835?] | Reference: 38857i
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Related topics

Child
History, 19th Century
London
Dogs
Dolls
Mothers
Family
Traveling sales personnel
Fashion
Hats

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