 The rhyme does not explicitly state that the subject is an egg , possibly because it may have been originally posed as a riddle . There are also various theories of an original " Humpty Dumpty " . One , advanced by Katherine Elwes Thomas in 1930 and adopted by Robert Ripley , posits that Humpty Dumpty is King Richard III of England , depicted as humpbacked in Tudor histories and particularly in Shakespeare 's play , and who was defeated , despite his armies , at Bosworth Field in 1485 . 
 The rhyme <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>does</mark></a> not explicitly state that the subject is an egg , possibly because it may <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> been originally posed as a riddle . <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>There</mark></a> are also various theories of an original " Humpty Dumpty " . One , advanced by Katherine Elwes Thomas in 1930 and adopted by Robert Ripley , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>posits</mark></a> that Humpty Dumpty is King Richard III of England , depicted as humpbacked in Tudor histories and particularly in Shakespeare <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>play , and who was defeated , despite his armies , at Bosworth Field in 1485 . 
The rhyme do not explicitly state that the subject is an egg , possibly because it may done been originally posed as a riddle . It is also various theories of an original " Humpty Dumpty " . One , advanced by Katherine Elwes Thomas in 1930 and adopted by Robert Ripley , posit dat Humpty Dumpty is King Richard III of England , depicted as humpbacked in Tudor histories and particularly in Shakespeare  play , and who was defeated , despite his armies , at Bosworth Field in 1485 .