Rural Life Collection (page 2)

Old house thought to be in, or near, East Looe, Cornwall. Around 1880s
Unidentified house with a woman looking over the garden wall, and a barn in the background. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Farm buildings close to St Merryn Church, St Merryn, Cornwall. Probably early 1900s
Farmhouse viewed from the lane. A donkey and cart can be seen by the hedgerow with the parish church on the skyline

The Sacrifice of Isaac (oil on canvas)
5984015 The Sacrifice of Isaac (oil on canvas) by Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (1687-1767); 92.1x74.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pittoni)

Young Girl with Sheep, by a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
659874 Young Girl with Sheep, by a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Sigmund, Benjamin D. (fl.1880-1904); 25.4x36.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Young Girl with Sheep)

A Young Girl Standing Outside a Cottage Holding a Pail, (oil on canvas board)
657868 A Young Girl Standing Outside a Cottage Holding a Pail, (oil on canvas board) by King, Henry John Yeend (1855-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mussolini, shirtless under the sun, threshed the wheat of Agro Pontino after twenty centuries... (colour litho)
2783813 Mussolini, shirtless under the sun, threshed the wheat of Agro Pontino after twenty centuries... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mussolini)

Unidentified farm, probably in Looe area, Cornwall. Around 1890s
View of a whitewashed farm house in winter. There are three women, two men, two boys and a dog posing for the photograph. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Strewberry field MCF01_02_1292
CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Farm labourers with spades working in a strawberry field in Cheddar. There also appears to be an orchard on the hillside above the strawberry field

Flock of sheep MCF01_02_1277
The Cliffs, Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset. A shepherd with a flock of sheep on the road next to the mill pond near Cox's Mill, with a ladder propped up in the foreground

Herding piglets MCF01_02_1035
Chapel Street, Maugersbury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. Three figures with a herd of pigs walking past a terrace of cottages on Chapel Street

Strip fields MCF01_02_0966
WEST STREET, CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. A man with a pair of horses ploughing a field with Corfe Castle in the distance

Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554
Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A man with a horse and cart in Groombridge. The man appears to be either leading the horse out of a cart shed or making it back in to the cart shed

Ashurst Mill MCF01_02_1538
Ashurst Mill, Ashurst, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A view of Ashurst Mill from south across the millstream, showing the miller with a rod in his hands standing over the sluice

Haystack MCF01_02_0711
Clench, Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. A man cutting in to a haystack with a ladder propped to one side

Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0676
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, Wiltshire. A view looking north along the main street through Wootton Rivers, showing three men and a horse-drawn cart laden with coppiced wood outside The Royal Oak Inn

Man with a barrow MCF01_02_0630
Moat Farmhouse, Whiston, Cogenhoe and Whiston, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire. A bearded elderly man pushing a wooden wheelbarrow across the road in Whiston

Green End Farm MCF01_02_0553
Green End Farm, Green End, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A view across a buttercup field towards Green End Farm, showing men leading two pairs of horses across the field

Market House MCF01_02_0512
MARKET HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A horse drawn cart laden with bales being lead past the Market House in Princes Risborough

Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391
Chorleywood Common, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Two horse-drawn carts carrying wood crossing Chorleywood Common

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0374
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses rolling a field in Easton

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0373
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses harrowing a field in Easton

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0372
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Two men with two pairs of horses ploughing a field in Easton

Horse power MCF01_02_0015
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Men loading timber, possibly hop poles, on to a cart pulled by three horses

Horse power MCF01_02_0014
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A group of men with four horses pulling a wooden cart laden with timber, possibly hop poles

Sheep droving MCF01_02_0001
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A shepherd and young boy driving a flock of sheep along a road from Broomfield towards Leeds in Kent

Panoramic of the coastal area near the village Listed, Bornholm, Denmark

Rice field, Delta de l Ebre, River Ebro, Catalonia, Spain

Workers on Ox cart near Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800s
Woman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Colonial farmers in New Sweden, 1600s
Swedish settlers harvesting wheat in Delaware, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rural Life
Ajit Kumar Majhi

Beautiful rural life-harvesting white water lilies
Tanvir

Bali Life, c. 1940 (oil on cheese cloth)
1198458 Bali Life, c.1940 (oil on cheese cloth) by Kembeng, Ida Bagus (1897-1952); 41x69 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Kembeng, Ida Bagus (1897-1952)); Photo © Christie's Images

Indians on Horseback (Summer Hunt) (oil on canvas)
1767638 Indians on Horseback (Summer Hunt) (oil on canvas) by Berninghaus, Oscar Edward (1874-1952); 41.3x51.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Indians on Horseback (Summer Hunt)

Landscape with Cattle and Herdsman, 1810 (Watercolour)
7290978 Landscape with Cattle and Herdsman, 1810 (Watercolour) by Hills, Robert (1769-1844); 44.2x34.3 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info)

Ben Nevis, 1891 (Watercolour and gouache)
7290955 Ben Nevis, 1891 (Watercolour and gouache) by Foster, Myles Birket (1825-99); 78.5x117.9 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) Ben Nevis

Mountainous Landscape, late 19th century
7290941 Mountainous Landscape, late 19th century by Palmer, Henry Sutton (1854-1933); 52.9x76.8 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: Harry S)

Lone St Mary s, 1900 (Watercolour on paper)
7290931 Lone St Mary s, 1900 (Watercolour on paper) by Scott, Tom (1854-1927); 37.4x54.7 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: Tom Scott (1854-1927) Lone St Mary s

On the Emmet Burn, on the North Tyne, 1833 (Watercolour)
7290930 On the Emmet Burn, on the North Tyne, 1833 (Watercolour) by Swinburne, Julia (1796-1893); 14.7x19.1 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info)

Milk Boy with Family Group, about 1840 (Watercolour and gouache)
7290923 Milk Boy with Family Group, about 1840 (Watercolour and gouache) by Parker, Henry Perlee (1795-1873); 29.1x43.1 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info)

A Cullercoats Garden Overlooking The Sea (oil on board)
7291004 A Cullercoats Garden Overlooking The Sea (oil on board) by Slater, John Falconar (1857-1937); 58x76 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: John F)

Sand dunes on the Conwy (Oil on canvas)
7291003 Sand dunes on the Conwy (Oil on canvas) by Leader, Benjamin Williams (1831-1923); 41x61 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: [TWCMS : 2013.528] painting - Benjamin W)

Near Capel Currig, with a view of Mount Snowdon, Wales, about 1793-1830 (Watercolour)
7290949 Near Capel Currig, with a view of Mount Snowdon, Wales, about 1793-1830 (Watercolour) by Glover, John (1767-1849); 42.4x62.1 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info)

The Old Mill, 1866-70 (pastel, ink and chalk on paper laid down on board)
5859957 The Old Mill, 1866-70 (pastel, ink and chalk on paper laid down on board) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); 39.8--48.2 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Ravine Near Biskra, 1890-1900 (oil on canvas)
5859645 Ravine Near Biskra, 1890-1900 (oil on canvas) by Huguet, Victor-Pierre (1835-1902); 37.8--46.2 cm; The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: Victor Pierre Huguet (1835-1902))

Summer (oil on canvas)
885105 Summer (oil on canvas) by Martinelli, Vincenzo (1737-1807); Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: by Vincenzo Martinelli (1737- 1807))

Village on the Island of Ischia, c. 1826 (oil on paper on canvas)
7295246 Village on the Island of Ischia, c.1826 (oil on paper on canvas) by Norblin de la Gourdaine, Sebastien-Louis-Guillaume (1796-1884); 27 x 32.8 cm; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Bill Point on the Tyne, 1774 (Watercolour and pencil)
7290972 Bill Point on the Tyne, 1774 (Watercolour and pencil) by Beilby, William (1740-1819); 10.5x17 cm; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info)

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"Capturing the Essence of Rural Life: A Glimpse into the Past" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the idyllic charm of rural life. From picturesque windmills to vibrant carnivals, Kent's countryside offers a window into a bygone era. The Willesborough windmill stands tall against the sky, its majestic presence reminding us of simpler times when this Kentish smock mill was at the heart of agricultural communities in 1935. Transporting us further back, we stumble upon an enchanting backyard carnival from the 1800s. Laughter fills the air as families gather for joyous festivities under colorful tents, relishing in traditional games and delectable treats that bring smiles to young and old alike. Venturing deeper into Kent's rustic landscapes, we witness hop kilns bustling with activity as they remove dried hops in Goudhurst during 1937. This glimpse into history reveals how vital these aromatic plants were to local economies, their fragrant essence permeating through every corner. By The Sea beckons us with its tranquil beauty captured on canvas in 1881. As waves gently caress sandy shores, Victorian-era beachgoers bask under parasols while indulging in leisurely pursuits – a testament to nature's soothing embrace even centuries ago. The harvest season comes alive as hop pickers labor diligently at Maplescombe Farm and East Peckham during September 1938. Young and old unite amidst golden fields, working tirelessly to ensure a bountiful yield while fostering community bonds that endure through generations. Not all scenes depict joyful moments; some capture poignant transitions like an old man watching his beloved shack being demolished in Kingsdown during 1936. Reminders of impermanence mingle with nostalgia as progress reshapes familiar landscapes forever etched within memories. Beyond Kent's borders lies another captivating sight – Dutch skaters gracefully gliding across frozen waters of the Zuider Zee during the 1800s.