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.

1 print : reproduction of a wood engraving.

1 print : wood engraving ; border 13 x 17.9 cm

xx, 364 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

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

xvii, 277 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Vitamin N : the essential guide to a nature-rich life / Richard Louv.

Open space : people space / edited by Catharine Ward Thompson and Penny Travlou.

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

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.

Vitamin N : the essential guide to a nature-rich life / Richard Louv.

Open space : people space / edited by Catharine Ward Thompson and Penny Travlou.

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

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.

Vitamin N : the essential guide to a nature-rich life / Richard Louv.

Open space : people space / edited by Catharine Ward Thompson and Penny Travlou.

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