Vernacular Collection (#5)

St. Mary Overys Dock, Southwark, c. 1881 (b / w photo)
JHL394931 St. Mary Overys Dock, Southwark, c.1881 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of 120 photographs by the Society for Photographing Relics of)

Ashburnham House, c. 1882 (b / w photo)
JHL394927 Ashburnham House, c.1882 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Built by Inigo Jones (1573-1652)

Aldgate, c. 1883 (b / w photo)
JHL394925 Aldgate, c.1883 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of 120 photographs by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London (founded 1873)

Drury Lane, looking south and showing the steeple of St. Mary-le-Strand, c
JHL394908 Drury Lane, looking south and showing the steeple of St. Mary-le-Strand, c.1876 (b/w photo) by Bool, Alfred & Bool

Bantam, Java, Indonesia (engraving)
LIT389264 Bantam, Java, Indonesia (engraving) by Dutch School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bantam (Banten) was formerly a major trading city in Java;

A View of Venice (oil on canvas)
488306 A View of Venice (oil on canvas) by Senet, Rafael (1856-1926); 37.8x58.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Spanish, out of copyright

A wagoners shanty, 1876 (etching)
497609 A wagoners shanty, 1876 (etching) by Forbes, Edwin Austin (1839-95); 47.9x60.5 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club)

Auteil (pen & ink with wash on paper)
449287 Auteil (pen & ink with wash on paper) by Gasselin, Noel (fl.1677); 9.1x30.4 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; French

The Oratorians and the Carmelite Church (pen & ink with wash on paper)
449286 The Oratorians and the Carmelite Church (pen & ink with wash on paper) by Gasselin, Noel (fl.1677); 9.8x25 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Gondoliers on a canal in Venice, 1967 (b / w photo)
3025312 Gondoliers on a canal in Venice, 1967 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari

View of a canal in Venice with posters advertising a Giorgione exhibition and a political manifesto in foreground
3025310 View of a canal in Venice with posters advertising a Giorgione exhibition and a political manifesto in foreground, 1978 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer

Tourists Feeding Pigeons, Piazza San Marco, Venice, c. 1970 (b / w photo)
3025302 Tourists Feeding Pigeons, Piazza San Marco, Venice, c.1970 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari

Young woman looking at a pot of pinks, c. 1767 (colour woodblock print)
3036938 Young woman looking at a pot of pinks, c.1767 (colour woodblock print) by Harunobu, Suzuki (1725-70); 27x19.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Gift of Kelvin Smith; Japanese

Town Hall, Breslau (modern day Wroclaw) Poland, c. 1910 (b / w photo)
XIR213198 Town Hall, Breslau (modern day Wroclaw) Poland, c.1910 (b/w photo) by Jousset, (fl.1910); Private Collection; (add.info)

Gardeners Cottage Design from Magazine of Garden Gems by G
618021 Gardeners Cottage Design from Magazine of Garden Gems by G. van Laar, published 1802 (colour litho) by Dutch School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; Dutch

Family Gathering, 1919 (oil on canvas)
FIN161488 Family Gathering, 1919 (oil on canvas) by Palmer, Pauline (1867-1938); 101.6x101.6 cm; Private Collection; David Findlay Jr Fine Art, NYC, USA; American, out of copyright

Grammar School at Burford, Oxfordshire, 1827 (engraving)
3744591 Grammar School at Burford, Oxfordshire, 1827 (engraving) by Buckler, John Chessell (1793-1894); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Sixty Views of Endowed Grammar Schools)

La Mousmee, illustration from Scribners Magazine
1152078 La Mousmee, illustration from Scribners Magazine, engraved by Henry Wolf (1852-1916), 1912 (wood engraving) by Blum

Two Japanese Fishing Boats on Shore, 1867-1903 (pen & black ink with gray wash on paper)
1152069 Two Japanese Fishing Boats on Shore, 1867-1903 (pen & black ink with gray wash on paper) by Blum, Robert Frederick (1857-1903); 21.4x29.9 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

At Work Heaping Brush on Smouldering Fires, 1867-1903 (w / c & gouache on paper)
1152065 At Work Heaping Brush on Smouldering Fires, 1867-1903 (w/c & gouache on paper) by Blum, Robert Frederick (1857-1903); 22.8x34.5 cm; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

East Dallas House in Snow, 1913 (pastel on paper)
1069682 East Dallas House in Snow, 1913 (pastel on paper) by Martin, John Breckinridge (1857-1938); 40.9x50.8 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; gift of Maggie Joe and Alexandre Hogue; American

Dream of the Red Chamber (silk)
3082261 Dream of the Red Chamber (silk) by Chinese School (19th century); 159.4x49.5 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; eMinneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Sandra K. and Peter M

Exterior view of a cabin with picket-fenced yard, three men and two women
3026993 Exterior view of a cabin with picket-fenced yard, three men and two women, 1876 (silver albumen print) by American Photographer

Rialto Bridge, Venice, c. 1955 (b / w photo)
3025305 Rialto Bridge, Venice, c.1955 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari

Loggia of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, c. 1960 (b / w photo)
3025303 Loggia of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, c.1960 (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Alinari

The Big House on a great Southern Plantation, illustration from
884136 The Big House on a great Southern Plantation, illustration from The Story of cotton and the development of the cotton states by Eugene Clyde Brooks (litho)

Bridge over Singel Canal by the Paleisstraat, Amsterdam, c. 1895-1900 (oil on panel)
871642 Bridge over Singel Canal by the Paleisstraat, Amsterdam, c.1895-1900 (oil on panel) by Breitner, Georg-Hendrik (1857-1923); 22.5x27.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch

Modelling vases and bowls, c. 1825 (gouache on paper)
833711 Modelling vases and bowls, c.1825 (gouache on paper) by Chinese School (19th century); 53x39 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; Chinese

Workmen Applying the Glazes, c. 1825 (gouache on paper)
833709 Workmen Applying the Glazes, c.1825 (gouache on paper) by Chinese School (19th century); 53x39 cm; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA; ePeabody Essex Museum; Chinese

Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems
3479677 Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c.1765-1774 (etching) by Castiglione, Giuseppe (d.1766) Sallusti, Jean Damascene (d.1781) & Attiret

Daikokuten, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life
3504363 Daikokuten, from the series The Seven Gods of Good Luck in Modern Life (Tosei Shichi Fukujin), c.1769 (colour woodblock print) by Harunobu, Suzuki (1725-70); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Nasruddin Shah sitting in front of the Peacock Throne, Gulistan Palace, Tehran
3504311 Nasruddin Shah sitting in front of the Peacock Throne, Gulistan Palace, Tehran, 1885-96 (b/w photo) by Sevruguin, Antoin (d.1933); Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution

Part of Newgate looking up Bear Lane (pencil on paper)
2832594 Part of Newgate looking up Bear Lane (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by W. M

50-51 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper)
2832587 50-51 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by W. M

48 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper)
2832586 48 Corn Street, 1823 (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Given by W. M

Old house next door to the Guildhall, 15 Broad Street (pen & ink and wash on paper)
2831900 Old house next door to the Guildhall, 15 Broad Street (pen & ink and wash on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Baldwin Street, looking towards Bristol Bridge (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831708 Baldwin Street, looking towards Bristol Bridge (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Back of house in Baldwin Street (pencil on paper)
2831706 Back of house in Baldwin Street (pencil on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Old houses including 3 Temple Street (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831637 Old houses including 3 Temple Street (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

The Fourteen Stars, Counterslip, off Temple Street (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831623 The Fourteen Stars, Counterslip, off Temple Street (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Mary-le-Port Street (pencil & w / c on paper)
2832265 Mary-le-Port Street (pencil & w/c on paper) by O Neill, Hugh (1784-1824); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Bequest of William Jerdone Braikenridge

A Spirit House on stilts in Offak Harbour, Waigou Island
497827 A Spirit House on stilts in Offak Harbour, Waigou Island, from Voyage autour du Monde sur la Corvette Coquille by Lieutenant Louis Isodore Duperrey, 1826 (colour litho) by French School

Shop, Macclesfield Street, c. 1883 (b / w photo)
JHL394941 Shop, Macclesfield Street, c.1883 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Built c.1690)

The Golden Axe Inn, at the corner of St. Mary Axe and Bevis Marks, near Bishopsgate, c
JHL394939 The Golden Axe Inn, at the corner of St. Mary Axe and Bevis Marks, near Bishopsgate, c.1883 (b/w photo) by Dixon

Queens Head Inn, Southwark, c. 1881 (b / w photo)
JHL394934 Queens Head Inn, Southwark, c.1881 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of 120 photographs by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old)

Queens Head Inn Yard, Southwark, c. 1881 (b / w photo)
JHL394933 Queens Head Inn Yard, Southwark, c.1881 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: From a series of 120 photographs by the Society for Photographing Relics of)

Little Deans Yard, exterior from the cloisters, c. 1882 (b / w photo)
JHL394928 Little Deans Yard, exterior from the cloisters, c.1882 (b/w photo) by Dixon, Henry (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"Capturing Vernacular: A Glimpse into Architectural Diversity and Cultural Heritage" Step back in time to the Swedish School House, a charming relic from the Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia in 1876. This silver albumen print transports us to an era when simplicity and functionality were celebrated. Traveling further back, we encounter the Grammar School at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, depicted in a delicate engraving dating back to 1827. Its elegant design reflects the architectural trends of that period while preserving its educational purpose. In contrast, a vibrant sketch of a gate in Kiev takes us on a visual journey through one of the Pictures at an Exhibition. The color litho medium adds depth and richness to this snapshot of Ukrainian vernacular artistry. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag beckons with its serene beauty captured flawlessly by DES01_01_0633. Nestled amidst nature's embrace, this architectural gem stands as a testament to faith and devotion. Venturing across borders, we stumble upon Little Thakeham in Horsham—a picturesque English village where time seems to stand still. Its quaint charm is immortalized on postcards like Danzig's litho masterpiece celebrating 12. 12—a delightful memento for collectors worldwide. Villefranche mesmerizes with its oil-painted allure from 1892—an artist's brushstrokes capturing French vernacular architecture against breathtaking landscapes. Each stroke tells stories untold yet felt deeply within our souls. Transported centuries ago, we find ourselves wandering down a street in Cologne with an unfinished cathedral dominating the center—an oil-on-panel masterpiece hailing from 1684 that encapsulates both history and human ambition frozen forever on canvas. Furstenburg whispers secrets through watercolors on paper—1817 revealing glimpses into German vernacular traditions alive during that era; each stroke evokes nostalgia for simpler times gone by.