Mother Goose

Above: Off With Mother Goose Mabel Louise Attwell 1927

Above and Below: Mabel Lucie Attwell, Mother Goose 1909. 

Mother Goose has always been an unsettling character to me and researching her now, she is usually depicted as very witchy, often in a basket, with a broom stick and even at times a black cat. However I feel she is far more appealing than most of the nursery rhymes that she nurtured in young children for they are often extremely unsavoury in their history and message.  

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Above: 'The Original Mother Goose Melodies', with Silhouette Illustrations by J. F. Goodridge, 1879

Above 1930's puzzle map of Mother Goose.

Above and below: Mother Goose from a 1860's chap book.

Above:Antique Vintage Gems From Mother Goose Rhymes Chimes And Jingles 1898 

Above cover, Below: endpaper from Mother Goose Melodies & Fairy Tales,1886.

Below: 'Mother Goose Melodies Set to Music', illustrated by Brothers Dalziel, 1873. No mother goose here but what a fab owl/fox character.

Above: Mother Goose Melodies Childrens Book The Platt & Peck Company Colour Illustrations By Dudley Robert Ambrose (1867-1951),1890's

Above: Mother Goose, Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, 1922

Above: Old Mother Goose Illustration by Frederick Richardson 1921.

Above: 'The Mother Goose Parade', Cut-outs by Anita del Campi, 1914.

Above: Mother Goose illustrated by James McCracken (1875 - 1967), 1930.

Above: 'Mother Goose Land' Neel Bate, 1945.

Above: Rear cover of  London: Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd, . illustrated in colour by Laura Ethel Larcombe. 1915-1919.

Above: Endpapers from 'Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose' by Roger Garis, illustrated by Edward Bloomfield, 1916.