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A man and wife and their two children and dog climbing up a grassy knoll as exercise in the fresh air. Colour lithograph by Hulls.

A fashionably dressed lady meets her doctor in the park and informs him that she feels much better since he went away. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Mr. Lambkin out walking in Kensington Gardens hoping to bump into his loved one, he discovers her on the arm of another man which causes him much jealousy. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

People out walking and riding in extremely windy weather on top of the Brecon Beacons. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

A healthy boy, protected from tuberculosis by fresh air and exercise. Colour lithograph by André Wilquin, 1942.

Mr. Lambkin playing the fool at a picnic with his loved one and friends. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.

People sliding down a hill in Malvern. Wood engraving by O.T., 1860.

A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.

Three children automatically putting out their tongues for inspection upon meeting the family doctor in Kensington Gardens. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1861.

Field exercises : how veterans are healing themselves through farming and outdoor activities / Stephanie Westlund.

Physical activity in natural settings : green and blue exercise / edited by Aoife A. Donnelly and Tadhg E. MacIntyre.

Country contentments. or, The husbandmans recreations. : Containing the wholesome experience, in which any ought to recreate himself, after the toyl of more serious business. As namely, hunting, hawking, coursing with grey-hounds, and the laws of leash, shooting in the long-bow or cross-bow, bowling, tennis, baloon; the whole art of angling; and the use of the fighting cock. / By G. Markham.

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Outdoor recreation

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Images about Outdoor recreation

Works from the collections

A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Field exercises : how veterans are healing themselves through farming and outdoor activities / Stephanie Westlund.

A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.

Physical activity in natural settings : green and blue exercise / edited by Aoife A. Donnelly and Tadhg E. MacIntyre.

Outdoor recreation

Images from the collections

Images about Outdoor recreation

Works from the collections

A busy day at the beach. Reproduction of a wood engraving after Dalziel after R. Doyle.

Field exercises : how veterans are healing themselves through farming and outdoor activities / Stephanie Westlund.

A dowager commenting on a doctor's youth and perhaps inexperience, he retorts that he is learning on children. Wood engraving by G. Wallis-Mills?, 1908.

Physical activity in natural settings : green and blue exercise / edited by Aoife A. Donnelly and Tadhg E. MacIntyre.

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