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A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23654i
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A tongue of land around a single tree between two expanses of water. Etching, ca. 1700 (?).
Date: 1700-1799Reference: 2921395i
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A doctor passing by the cottage of a needy patient, shouting reassurance on his way to hunt. Wood engraving by A.C. Corbould, 1885.
Alfred Chantrey CorbouldDate: 1885Reference: 14286i
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Rural life: eight scenes, including washerwomen(?), gleaners, and children. Lithograph, ca.1850, by M. and N. Hanhart after G.E. Hicks.
George Elgar HicksReference: 485468i
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A doctor asking his patients husband how she is, he replies (amidst a devasted room) that he's not sure but she certainly has a temper. Wood engraving by H ..., 1904.
Date: 1904Reference: 15343i
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A country scene with many activities depicted: these include, from left to right, picking cherries, bathing, hay-making, hunting, and eating and drinking. Engraving by M. Merian after S. Vrancx.
Vrancx, Sebastian, 1573-1647.Reference: 485373i
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A Japanese lady flautist standing with a girl among small pine trees. Watercolour.
Date: 1860Reference: 23609i
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A country blacksmith in his forge extracting a tooth from a woman who is being restrained and taunted by her family. Coloured mezzotint.
Reference: 16523i
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The pursuits of a man retired to the country. Etching by R. Seymour, 1829.
Robert SeymourDate: July 1st. 1829Reference: 36005i
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A woman driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay has stopped on the road to speak to a man with dogs. Watercolour.
Reference: 36980i
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An Irish family outside their cottage on a Sunday morning prepares to go to church. Engraving by R.C. Bell after W. Brocas.
William BrocasDate: [between 1847 and 1851?]Reference: 3147507i
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A lakeside village scene with lombardy poplar trees (Populus nigra cv. Italica) growing by the water's edge. Lithograph after G. Barnard, 1848.
George BarnardDate: [1849]Reference: 23783i
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Three epileptic women each supported by two men. Engraving by H. Hondius the younger, 1642, after P. Brueghel.
Pieter Brueghel the ElderDate: 1642Reference: 18621i
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A greedy medical practitioner demanding a leg of bacon for payment from a poor family. Mezzotint.
Reference: 20807i
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A communal house, the men sit drinking around a table while the women look after the children, weave hay and the older children cook. Engraving by C. Bouzonnet Stella after J. Stella.
Jacques StellaReference: 17586i
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A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770.
Jean-Baptiste Le PrinceDate: 1770Reference: 35582i
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A doctor placing his hand on the head of a sick boy, outside a country cottage. Photogravure after R. Hedley, 1898.
Hedley, Ralph, 1851-1913.Date: 1898Reference: 20417i
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Men playing backgammon outside in an arbor, nearby others smoke and drink. Etching by J. de Visscher after A. van Ostade.
Adriaen van OstadeDate: 1600-1699Reference: 24699i
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Countryside on an autumn morning: two men sawing a tree; a man holding up a bird-net; a windmill; and a bridge over a stream. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Peter Paul RubensDate: [between 1638? and 1659?]Reference: 3063571i
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A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
François BoucherDate: 1740Reference: 32445i
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A laden ox-cart being drawn by a drover along a wooded country road, with a traveller asleep by the roadside. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain, 1744, after G. Dughet (Poussin).
Gaspard DughetDate: May 1744Reference: 3055861i
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Two Japanese women sitting by a trough used for grinding corn. Watercolour.
Reference: 23481i
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An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah, riding a coach horse, knocks Dr. Slop off his pony, a sign points to Shandy Hall. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
Laurence SterneReference: 22029i
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A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.
George MorlandReference: 29944i
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A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.
Charles KeeneDate: 1880Reference: 13825i