Apple Collection (page 10)

H Had it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

K Knelt for it

A is for Apple

C Cut it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

D Dealt it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

L Longed for it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, this scene shows the Excisemen discovering the concealed barrels under an apple tree

T Took it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

G Got it

S Sang for it
From A Apple Pie the iconic picture book by Kate Greenaway Date: 1886

Basket of fruit
A brightly coloured basket of fruit, containg among other things, grapes, apples, oranges, cherries and pineapple, hangs by a ribbon from a flowering tree. 1937

Silhouette, An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away -- silhouette showing two schoolchildren, a girl and a boy, walking along eating an apple each

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Margery Brown on the top of the hill
Illustration, Margery Brown on the top of the hill... looking over to London town. first published 1879

Female Initiation - 2
A candidate is initiated as a Companion : in a bush which represents the Garden of Eden, she strokes the serpent, bites the apple and submits to the reproaches of her guide. Date: 1891

In an Apple tree
Two young girls chat while sitting in an apple tree. 1885

Apple Orchard
A glorious array of apple trees in blossom in an orchard in Kent, England. Date: 1960s

Girl Picking Apples
A young woman picking apples in an orchard in Essex, England. Date: July 1963

Oak Apple Day
Grovely, Grovely, Grovely ! OAK APPLE DAY at Wishford, Wiltshire, England. Oak branches are traditionally collected from Grovely Wood, as a right of the common folk. Date: 29 May

Bramley Apple Clamp
A clamp of Bramley Seedling apples in a clamp at Brantham, Suffolk, England. The apples are preserved by the straw clamp and made into fruit juice at a later date. Date: 1950s

Preserving Apples
Apples keep better of they are wrapped in paper and placed in a cool dark drawer. Date: 1930s

Apple Inspector
Boxes of freshly harvested and boxed English apples are inspected as they come in from the orchards, before being sent to the packing stations. Date: 1950s

Thrush in an Apple Tree
A Thrush singing in an apple tree. Date: 1960s

Child picking fruit. Artist: Anon. A child picking an apple from a tree Date: 1926

Birds Custard advertisement
Two infants, Adam and Eve, sit beneath an apple tree. Date: 1928

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Little girl on a Happy Birthday postcard
A little girl with flowers and an apple, on a greetings postcard to wish my dear grand-daughter a Happy Birthday. circa 1910s

Rail car transporting giant Bellflower apples Date: 1910

Two girls picking apples from a tree. 1880

Eve on a Diet
Eve, to the serpent : - No thanks, I m on a diet !

Boy Eats Apple
A gleeful little boy eats an apple. 1921

The Age of Gold
The time before Pandora opened the box

Shooting Apple Trees
In Devonshire, on Twelfth Eve, countryfolk go into the orchards and shoot at one of the best trees, to ensure a good fruit crop : much cider is drunk on this occasion... Date: 1851

Little Rosy Cheeks by Muriel Dawson
A little girl with curly brown hair and big brown eyes studiously chews an apple as rosy as her cheeks

Warne alphabet 1875. ABC
Page from a Victorian alphabet showing A for apple, B for broom and C for cart

Cupboard Love by Ethel Parkinson
A little Dutch boy snuggles up to a little Dutch girl, but alas its only her basket of fruit hes interested in. Date: early 20th century

Apple Salesman with a gigantic pannier - Turkey
Apple seller standing alongside his large pannier, filled to the brim with fruit. The weight of this woven backpack must have been immense

NECTARINE
Pine Apple Nectarine (Hows that for a confusing name !)

Making Pastry
Pastry is rolled out on the sideboard, then once cooked, the maid is shown removing the pie from the oven, and then once again with plates piled up high, ready for serving

Eve of Xmas
A woman with mistletoe in her hair holding an apple

Catching fish in an old boot
A humourous painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a lad fishing by a stream (ignoring the warning sign!) having far more success catching fish in his boot

Bridal Fashions 1929
For a spring wedding, Brides dress is of white net embroidered in silver; bridesmaid in apple green satin while the small attendants wear Greenaway

William Tell
WILLIAM TELL Heroic Swiss patriot, shooting an apple off his son Walters head by order of the Austrian governor. Did it really happen ? Did he even exist ?

Convalescence
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a small monkey chewing an apple while looking after a convalescing Granpop the orang-utan

Boy with Picnic Basket
A little boy looks inside his picnic basket

Pin-Up with Blossom
Blonde model, with the tip of her tongue protruding seductively from between her red lips, raises both arms behind her head as she pins apple blossom in her hair

Eve the Temptress 1950S
A pretty brunette model re- enacts a scene from the Garden of Eden as she gets ready to sink her teeth into a very red apple

Girl Picks Fruit 1881
A little girl picks apples and stores them temporarily in her apron. Date: 1881

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