The Granny Alphabet – in pictures

L: Lucinda was alas averse,
To exercise of any sort Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

C: At Christmas Carol puts on her cape,
And gets sung by the choir Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

K: Kitty Knight is keen on knitting,
Kitty knits an awful lot Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

Y: Years fly, thinks Yvonne,
Youth flies too. Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

C is for chic Photograph: Lawrence Mynott/Thames & Hudson

A is for Alphabet
(ABC),
And aged ancestors
(Awfully like me). Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

T: Temperance wonders,
"If T is for tea,
Why doesn't honey
Begin with a B?" Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson

G: Granny or Grandmamma?
Nanny or Nan? Photograph: Tim Walker/Thames & Hudson