Maypole Collection (#2)

May Pole Dance

At the Fete (oil on canvas)
939797 At the Fete (oil on canvas) by Laurent, Jean (fl.1910); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

May Day ceremony (etching)
STC171670 May Day ceremony (etching) by Flemish School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: villagers encircling a tree with musicians in a bower; ); The Stapleton Collection; Flemish

Revels at Merry-Mount (engraving)
3626268 Revels at Merry-Mount (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Revels at Merry-Mount)

Midsummer Dance at Rattvik, 1852 (oil on canvas)
6041616 Midsummer Dance at Rattvik, 1852 (oil on canvas) by Zoll, Kilian Christoffer (1818-60); 31.5x41 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish, out of copyright

An Old English Custom, dancing round the Maypole on the Village Green (engraving)
1042296 An Old English Custom, dancing round the Maypole on the Village Green (engraving) by Macbeth, Robert Walker (1848-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Old English Custom)

The Queen of the May Quadrille (colour litho)
729770 The Queen of the May Quadrille (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Queen of the May Quadrille)

View of the Jubilee Ball, Ranelagh Gardens, in celebration of the the birthday of George
746865 View of the Jubilee Ball, Ranelagh Gardens, in celebration of the the birthday of George, Prince of Wales, May 24th, 1759 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School

"Keeping Sunday, "according to King Jamess Book of Sporte (engraving)
654434 " Keeping Sunday, " according to King Jamess Book of Sporte (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Keeping Sunday)

May-Day, 1852, and Maypole in the Village of Burley, New Forest, Hants (engraving)
1607443 May-Day, 1852, and Maypole in the Village of Burley, New Forest, Hants (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May-Day, 1852)

View of the Rotunda, Ranelagh House, at a Ball to Celebrate the Birthday of HRH
NUL116810 View of the Rotunda, Ranelagh House, at a Ball to Celebrate the Birthday of HRH, the Prince of Wales, 24th May 1751, engraved by Parr (etching) by Canaleti

A Spectacle in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Rotunda in the Background
STC57717 A Spectacle in Ranelagh Gardens, with the Rotunda in the Background, mid 18th century (colour engraving) by English School

The Bowling Champion, 1882 (oil on canvas)
827080 The Bowling Champion, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Zimmer, Wilhelm (1853-1937); 73x104.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bowling Champion. Wilhelm Carl August Zimmer (1853-1937)

"Advertised"by Charles Dickens, the Kings Head, Chigwell (b / w photo)
5990169 " Advertised" by Charles Dickens, the Kings Head, Chigwell (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Maypole in the Strand (engraving)
663449 Maypole in the Strand (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maypole in the Strand. Illustration from unidentified late 19th century history of England)

Come to the Maypole (engraving)
666857 Come to the Maypole (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (1809-78) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come to the Maypole)

May Day (oil on panel)
SGS119961 May Day (oil on panel) by Nollekens, Joseph Francis (1702-48); 59.7x90.8 cm; Private Collection; eBerger Collection Educational Trust; English, out of copyright

The Year of the Poets -- Maypole, St Andrew Undershaft
The Year of the Poets -- Maypole outside St Andrew Undershaft in the City of London, with people dancing round it, to illustrate a range of poems on the subject. Date: 1845

The Year of the Poets -- Spring Holidays, to illustrate a range of spring poems, showing people dancing round a maypole, and other seasonal activities. Date: 1845

Endecott cutting down Mortons may-pole (engraving)
3626264 Endecott cutting down Mortons may-pole (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Endecott, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony)

Nell Gwyn at the door of her lodgings in Drury Lane, London (engraving)
3643788 Nell Gwyn at the door of her lodgings in Drury Lane, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nell Gwyn at the door of her lodgings in Drury Lane)

Scene before a Maypole with Alkmaar Church in the Background, 1669 (oil on canvas)
1217869 Scene before a Maypole with Alkmaar Church in the Background, 1669 (oil on canvas) by Ruysdael, Jacob Salomonsz. (1630-81); 76x104 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Amusements at Government House, Ottawa, Canada, the Maypole in Winter (engraving)
1595221 Amusements at Government House, Ottawa, Canada, the Maypole in Winter (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Amusements at Government House, Ottawa)

Raising the Maypole (engraving)
1102247 Raising the Maypole (engraving) by Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raising the Maypole)

Dancing round the maypole - A group of children dancing around the maypole drawn in Art Deco style. Date: circa 1922

Maypole Dancers - Pune, India - a strange melange of Indian costume styles and an imported colonial British country dance styles. Date: circa 1906

Raising the May-Pole (engraving)
981875 Raising the May-Pole (engraving) by Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raising the May-Pole. Digitally cleaned image.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Come Lasses and Lads (colour litho)
979497 Come Lasses and Lads (colour litho) by Caldecott, Randolph (1846-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come Lasses and Lads)

Morris dancers, c1470 (litho)
3626600 Morris dancers, c1470 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Morris dancers, c1470. From an ancient window in a house in Betley, Staffordshire)

Maypole Hugh, c. 1920s (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
465601 Maypole Hugh, c.1920s (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Clarke, Joseph Clayton (Kyd) (1856-1937); 28.5x22.5 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

A village kermesse with figures dancing around a maypole (oil on copper)
6352531 A village kermesse with figures dancing around a maypole (oil on copper) by Bredael, Joseph van (1688-1739); 27.3x36.7 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish

Come Lasses and Lads (colour litho)
979496 Come Lasses and Lads (colour litho) by Caldecott, Randolph (1846-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: Come Lasses and Lads)

Schoolgirls and teacher (b / w photo)
3643199 Schoolgirls and teacher (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Schoolgirls, Maypole and teacher)

Plantation d un mai au XVIIe siecle (engraving)
2781499 Plantation d un mai au XVIIe siecle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plantation d un mai au XVIIe siecle)

Come Lasses & Lads, get leave of your dads, away to the may-pole hie
DGC452059 Come Lasses & Lads, get leave of your dads, away to the may-pole hie, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs, Newly Arranged and with Accompaniments by Theo

On the village green. Dancing around the maypole, c. 1950 (litho)
1122712 On the village green. Dancing around the maypole, c.1950 (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

Raising the May-Pole (engraving)
5199155 Raising the May-Pole (engraving) by Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Raising the May-Pole)

Punch cartoon: Royal Adademy May-Pole Dance (engraving)
6034998 Punch cartoon: Royal Adademy May-Pole Dance (engraving) by Sambourne, Edward Linley (1844-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Royal Adademy May-Pole Dance)

Spring Life in Town and Country (engraving)
1617100 Spring Life in Town and Country (engraving) by Gilbert, John (1817-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring Life in Town and Country)

Home-Coming of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, Scenes at Woodstock and Blenheim (b / w photo)
1605231 Home-Coming of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, Scenes at Woodstock and Blenheim (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Midsummer Dance, 1897 (oil on canvas)
3937476 Midsummer Dance, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Zorn, Anders Leonard (1860-1920); 140x98 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish, out of copyright

Farewell Entertainment given by the Ninth Lancers before leaving York (engraving)
1038057 Farewell Entertainment given by the Ninth Lancers before leaving York (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The planting of the Maypole
3477980 The planting of the Maypole by Mariette, Jean (1660-1742); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the planting of the Maypole. Illustrated by Jean Mariette (1654-1752)

The planting of the Maypole
3477979 The planting of the Maypole by Mariette, Jean (1660-1742); (add.info.: Illustration depicting the planting of the Maypole. Illustrated by Jean Mariette (1654-1752)

On the Village Green (litho)
3106026 On the Village Green (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Village Green. Illustration for Newnes Pictorial Knowledge (1932)

Postcard of children standing around a maypole, sent in 1913 (hand-coloured photo)
660505 Postcard of children standing around a maypole, sent in 1913 (hand-coloured photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; © Look and Learn

The Four Seasons: Spring (oil on canvas)
RAF403510 The Four Seasons: Spring (oil on canvas) by Horemans, Jan Josef the Elder (1682-1752); 48.2x57.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: a set of four landscapes with figures)

Cremorne Gardens, London, the maypole dance (engraving)
584604 Cremorne Gardens, London, the maypole dance (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cremorne Gardens, London)

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"Maypole: A Symbol of Unity and Celebration Across Cultures" The Workers May-Pole, design for a socialist poster, depicts the power of solidarity and collective action in achieving social equality. This artwork reminds us of the importance of unity in our fight for justice. In Holywood, the vibrant community comes together around the maypole every spring, celebrating their shared heritage and embracing the joyous spirit of May Day festivities. Market Jew Street with Davy statue in Penzance, Cornwall stands as a testament to tradition. The presence of a maypole symbolizes the town's deep-rooted customs and serves as a reminder of simpler times. Traveling to Bavaria takes us to Schliersee village nestled amidst the breathtaking Bavarian Alps. Here, locals proudly raise their traditional Bavarian maypole (Maibaum), showcasing their rich cultural heritage through this towering symbol. While Maypole Soap might not be related to festive dances or grand traditions, it still carries its own significance. This brand has been trusted by many over generations - just like how communities trust each other during May Day celebrations. English Maypole dancing during Victorian times was an enchanting spectacle that brought communities closer together. It represented youthful exuberance and showcased intricate dance moves passed down from one generation to another. School Maypole Dancing is an essential part of children's education worldwide. Through this joyful activity, young minds learn coordination skills while fostering camaraderie among classmates – building lasting memories along the way. Bournville Village witnessed lively Maypole dancing in both the 1920s and beyond. These spirited performances united residents under a common purpose – celebrating life's simple pleasures while cherishing community bonds. Maypole dancing has transcended time; even during early 1900s gatherings across various regions celebrated this age-old tradition with great enthusiasm. It served as a reminder that no matter how much society evolves, some customs remain timeless symbols of unity and joy.