Stilts Collection (page 4)

A native settlement in Sumatra, c. 1820s-30s (coloured engraving)
468755 A native settlement in Sumatra, c.1820s-30s (coloured engraving) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Costumi dei)

Vietnamese Village in the Mountains (chromolitho)
735456 Vietnamese Village in the Mountains (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vietnamese Village in the Mountains)

Berger Landescot (colour litho)
2780256 Berger Landescot (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Berger Landescot)

Piasecki Vertol CH-21C 83 17
Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Piasecki (Vertol) CH-21C 83 17 (msn WG17), one of 32 built under license by Weser Flugzeugbau for the West German Army, at Niedermendig, circa 1970

Shepherdess of the Landes on stilts guarding her flock (colour photo)
3102722 Shepherdess of the Landes on stilts guarding her flock (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Pump of Pont Notre Dame, 1836 (colour litho)
CHT271799 The Pump of Pont Notre Dame, 1836 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Sowek, a Pile village on the North coast of New Guinea, from
BAL126190 Sowek, a Pile village on the North coast of New Guinea, from The History of Mankind, Vol.1, by Prof. Friedrich Ratzel, 1896 (litho) by English School

Occupations of the Agagna people, Mariana Islands, plate 29 from
STC206895 Occupations of the Agagna people, Mariana Islands, plate 29 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario, published c.1820s-30s (colour litho) by Campi

You must learn to suffer for beauty, plate 64 from the series Le Bon Genre
CHT187113 You must learn to suffer for beauty, plate 64 from the series Le Bon Genre (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish at St
NP125998 Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka, from Views in the South Seas, pub

Procession over a Bridge (colour woodblock print)
STC105239 Procession over a Bridge (colour woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Japanese, out of copyright

Stage Design for Peer Gynt, 1912 (tempera on paper)
BAL244847 Stage Design for Peer Gynt, 1912 (tempera on paper) by Roerich, Nicholas (1874-1947); 65x86 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906); ); Russian

Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey, monkey jockey on a muzzled bear (middle)

Medieval performers
Girl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, and a man playing a pipe with an animal head while dancing on stilts, 13th century

Medieval dancers and performers
Girl dancing on the shoulders of a bagpiper, 13th century, man playing a pipe while dancing on stilts, 13th century (top), tumbler preparing to leap through a hoop held by two others

Dancers on stilts in the Champs Elysees. A family of street entertainers, the country folks of Landes, perform while mother bangs a drum and father directs on horseback

A Dwelling-House over Water, Doreri, Papuan Gulf, from
XIR228542 A Dwelling-House over Water, Doreri, Papuan Gulf, from Voyage autour du Monde sur la Corvette La Coquille (1822-25) by Louis Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865) (colour litho) (see also 10268)

House on stilts of the Minangkabau people in Sumatra, Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R

Hairdresser on stilts pulling a womans hair to the ceiling
One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a womans hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. The hairstyle a la Chinoise is definitely a major makeover

House on a cliff at night (colour woodblock print)
LWR341706 House on a cliff at night (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); Private Collection; Japanese, out of copyright

Canakkale (chromolitho)
735825 Canakkale (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canakkale. Liebig card)

A New Kind Marathon (Colour Litho)
2778180 A New Kind Marathon (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A new kind of marathon)

Fighting on stilts in Namur (coloured engraving)
3646249 Fighting on stilts in Namur (coloured engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fighting on stilts in Namur)

Illustration for Phil Mays Gutter-Snipes (lithograph)
3098207 Illustration for Phil Mays Gutter-Snipes (lithograph) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Phil Mays Gutter-Snipes (Leadenhall Press, 1896)

French shepherds of the Landes going to vote in an election on their traditional stilts (colour litho)
3097594 French shepherds of the Landes going to vote in an election on their traditional stilts (colour litho) by French School

Les Habitants Des Eaux Du Maracaibo (engraving)
2783264 Les Habitants Des Eaux Du Maracaibo (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Habitants Des Eaux Du Maracaibo)

Men on stilts in Les Landes, south west France
Men on stilts in the marshy Les Landes, south west France. When resting they slant the stilts as if sitting down, and prop themselves up with a third pole. Date: 1922

Silhouette, Circus Stilt Walkers dancing. Date: early 19th century

Observation tower, Indochina (chromolitho)
1094266 Observation tower, Indochina (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Observation tower, Indochina)

Market Place and Old Market House, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Date: circa 1900s

A Picturesque Scene in South-Western France, Peasants of the Landes going to Market (litho)
1600993 A Picturesque Scene in South-Western France, Peasants of the Landes going to Market (litho) by Frenzeny, Paul (1840-1902); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Race on Stilts (engraving)
2781206 A Race on Stilts (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Race on Stilts. Illustration for Chatterbox (1894).); © Look and Learn

Vivienda de los Pescadores de Esponjas, or House of the Sponge Fishermen
468720 Vivienda de los Pescadores de Esponjas, or House of the Sponge Fishermen, Cuba (colour litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Spanish

Romualdo Alinaris children, Adele and Arturo, on stilts, Florence, c. 1875 (glass plate)
494201 Romualdo Alinaris children, Adele and Arturo, on stilts, Florence, c.1875 (glass plate) by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); Alinari

Wisteria blossom, Kameido Temple Gardens, Tokyo, early 1890s (hand-coloured photo
STC172943 Wisteria blossom, Kameido Temple Gardens, Tokyo, early 1890s (hand-coloured photo) (see also 172942) by Japanese Photographer

Wisteria blossom over the pond in the Kameido Temple Gardens, Tokyo
STC172942 Wisteria blossom over the pond in the Kameido Temple Gardens, Tokyo, late 19th century (hand coloured photo) (see also 172943) by Japanese Photographer

A man on stilts helping a woman twisting her hair vigorously (colour engraving)
2334728 A man on stilts helping a woman twisting her hair vigorously (colour engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); (add.info.: he woman sitting at her dressing table)

The Adour, and a view of Bayonne (chromolitho)
2782851 The Adour, and a view of Bayonne (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Adour, and a view of Bayonne)

Lake dwellings of the Wayuu (Guajiro) Indians, Maracaibo, Venezuela (litho)
5997081 Lake dwellings of the Wayuu (Guajiro) Indians, Maracaibo, Venezuela (litho) by Goering, Christian Anton (1836-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Manila and its Environs: Huts of the Mountain Indians (watercolour with bodycolour)
1767252 Manila and its Environs: Huts of the Mountain Indians (watercolour with bodycolour) by Lozano, Jose Honorato (c.1815-c.85); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manila and its Environs)

J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats (b / w photo)
3103907 J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: J & G Hagenbecks troupe of Malabar acrobats)

Advertisment for Folies-Bergere, Travail Merveilleux sur le Fil de Fer par Fontaine, pub
2962401 Advertisment for Folies-BergAre, Travail Merveilleux sur le Fil de Fer par Fontaine, pub. In Paris 1870-1890 (colour litho) by French School

Little Prodigy, engraved by the artist from L Assiette Au Beurre, pub
CSM75320 Little Prodigy, engraved by the artist from L Assiette Au Beurre, pub. July 1907 (litho) by Barcet, Emmanuel (1870-1940); Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Marche du Dom Quichotte Moderne pour la Deffence du Moulin des Abus
3085969 Marche du Dom Quichotte Moderne pour la Deffence du Moulin des Abus, published 1791 (hand-coloured etching) by French School

Il faut souffrir pour etre belle, Estampe extraite de l Album du bon ton (engraving)
3646063 Il faut souffrir pour etre belle, Estampe extraite de l Album du bon ton (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Il faut souffrir pour etre belle)

A Home on the Road (Colour Litho)
2808968 A Home on the Road (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A home on the go)

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Discover the fascinating world across the globe. From the iconic Wellington Inn on stilts (OP05766) to the charming Nipa Houses near Manila, Philippines, these elevated structures have captivated cultures for centuries. Take a stroll through history with old stilt buildings along Ketchikan Creek or experience thrilling entertainment at Brighton Pier. Travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan and witness the unique Native School perched on stilts, or immerse yourself in traditional village life in Papua, New Guinea. Explore the enchanting stilt village on Inle Lake in Burma/Myanmar or visit Elevara Mission and L. M. S Mission in Papua New Guinea. For a taste of paradise, bask in the sun at Doctors Cave Beach in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Delve into nostalgia with an engraving from 1896 featuring Stilt Houses or admire the restored cannery in Monterey, California. Finally, marvel at Peter & Paul Fortress's grandeur as it stands tall above its surroundings. Whether for practicality or cultural significance, stilts continue to amaze us with their architectural wonders worldwide.