My husband started to collect Humpty Dumpty about 20 years ago. Now we have so many that most are in storage. It started with an original oil painting that his mother did for him years prior. The picture that started it all was a Life magazine cover done by Maxfield Parrish, the original magazine as well as the oil painting hang proudly in our Living Room. The Life cover has Humpty Dumpty dressed in an Eaton collar and drinking tea.
So that is the story of why we collect Humpty Dumpty and Maxfield Parrish prints.