Country Collection (page 6)

ZULOAGA ZABALETA, Ignacio. Portrait of the countess
ZULOAGA ZABALETA, Ignacio (1870-1945). Portrait of the countess Mathieu de Noailles. 1913. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Hunting with beagles, Brayford, North Devon
Hunting on foot with beagles, Brayford, Exmoor, North Devon. Date: 20th century

Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset
View of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset, with a brick-built bridge. Date: 20th century

Present Day Types - Week-End Ramblers
Two chaps with sturdy walking boots, pipes in mouth, set off on a countryside ramble while consulting their maps. Date: 1914

Four women playing bridge in the Orangery at Denham Court, Denham, Buckinghamshire. Date: circa 1904

Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1
Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured with three nurses at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk

Coronation design, Maison Prunier
Coronation cover from Maison Prunier (a special menu perhaps?) celebrating the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother)

Man and boy, Timsgarry Post Office, Isle of Lewis
A man and a boy stand at the door of the rustic Timsgarry Post Office, Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Farm Stall in St. Jamess Park, London - New Milkstall
Farm Stall in St. Jamess Park, London - The New Milkstall - " Rus in Urbe" ( the countryside in the city) - latn quote on the card

Raleigh Three-Wheeler car Camping on Dartmoor
Raleigh 3-wheeler car, the Raleigh Safety Seven (introduced in 1933) taken on a camping jaunt onto Dartmoor. Raleigh shut down their Motor Department in 1935 Date: circa 1934

King George V offering thanks to the Army and Navy - WWI Christmas 1918. Date: circa 1918

Scenes of country life, with mythological figure. Engraving by Bernard Picart, from Johann Matthias Gesner, Scriptores rei rusticae veteres Latini: Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius Frontispiece

Jugend front cover, people in a horse-drawn carriage
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a group of rich people in an open horse-drawn carriage, riding through the countryside, while farm workers harvest the fields in the middle distance

GLC-LFB Junior firemen learning to drive
The Junior firemen scheme in London ran from 1964 until 1969. 16-17 year old boys were put under extended training until they could be enrolled as operational firefighters at 18

Market Reports Series - Country Ducks arriving
One of the Market Reports illustrated postcard series. Country Ducks arrived in excellent condition. Date: 1903

Mallard ducks and ducklings
A family of mallard ducks and ducklings enjoying an outing to the river. Date: circa early 20th century

People from Stepney, East London, hop picking in Kent. They were assisted by their local vicar, Reverend R Wilson (seen here in the centre) of St. Augustine s, Stepney. circa 1911

Ox roasting at Stratford-upon-Avon Mop Fair
Scene showing an ox being roasted at the Stratford upon Avon annual Mop Fair, Warwickshire. Farm workers, labourers, servants and some craftsmen would work for their employer from October to October

England / Farnborough
A little girl walking home from school down a country lane in the village of Farnborough, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

YE OLDE FIGHTING COCKS
Ye Old Fighting Cocks, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, a quaint old hostelery which claims to be the oldest unaltered house in the country. Date: early 17th century

Fashion for the Moors by Gordon Conway
Suggestion for a slimline country tweed suit, perfect for striding stylishly over moorland on the Glorious Twelfth. Date: c.1930

Amesbury Union workhouse, Wiltshire
A distant view of Amesbury, Wiltshire, with the Union workhouse on the left, designed by William Bonython Moffatt, and built on South Mill Hill in 1837. It was demolished in 1967

The Crickhowell Hunt, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
Members of the Crickhowell Hunt with horses and hounds on a country lane near Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

Huntsman takes a stirrup cup
A lady offers a huntsman of the South Devon Foxhunt - mounted on a fine white horse - a traditional stirrup cup drink from a tray. Date: circa 1980

Feeding Time by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, wrapped up warm against the cold, feeds crumbs to a group of ducks swimming along a stream

The Fairies Aeroplane by Muriel Dawson
Two little girls sit in a field of flowers looking at a hovering dragonfly

Union Workhouse, Easthampstead, Berkshire
A distant view of the Easthampstead Union workhouse, Berkshire, opened in about 1836, in buildings adapted from former almshouses

Georgian country folk with musical instruments
Georgia - Georgian country folk with musical instruments including a boy with a thin drum and a woman holding a stringed instrument, similar to a lute

Patriotic French poster by Cappiello
Patriotic poster by Leonetto Cappiello, depicting Marianne, the national symbol of France, standing on a red, white and blue map of the country

Post Office Savings Bank poster
Wherever you go there is a branch of the Post Office Savings Bank. The one depicted in the rural scene is in Wharfedale, Yorkshire

Ministry of Labour poster
Poster for the Ministry of Labour, encouraging people to use the Employment Exchange Service for all agricultural jobs

Union Workhouse, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The Haverfordwest Union workhouse, designed by William Owen, was opened in 1839. It was later known as Priory Mount and then as St Thomas Hospital

Crystal Palace Brass Band Festival
View of the Central Avenue leading to the Crystal Palace in south London at the time of the annual Brass Band Festival. Bands from all over the country took part

Cheesed Off by David Wright
An illustration of a lady dressed in a negligee, flicking through magazines on her bed. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Edward VII House Party
EDWARD VII At a weekend party at Taplow Court owned by Lord Desborough. The Kings mistress, Alice Keppel is standing behind him, right

The Humorist Cover 1939
A jolly cover by William Heath Robinson showing a couple on a motor cycle helping themselves, in transit, to a picnic hamper on the back of a car

The Zulu war. Rorkes Drift, near the scene of the recent co
From a sketch by Major North Crealock, 95th Regiment, Assistant Military Secretary. Panoramic scene of the undulating country on the Zululand/ Natal border

J H King - Cricketer
John H King - left-handed cricketer for Leicestershire and England, making his debut for his country in 1909

Girl on Stile / Spring
A little girl in a blue dress stands on a stile: spring is well under way, with blossom on the trees and birds flying

Country Fair / Circa 1859
A superb picture depicting stalls, sideshows and entertainers at a country fair. In the foreground a dancing bear entertains two sailors, children and a monkey

George Herbert / Bemerton
GEORGE HERBERT Church and vicarage at Bemerton of the Metaphysical poet and clergyman Date: 1593 - 1633

Writing / Gray Poem
Part of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks

Ethiopia / Call to War
Smoke signals summon the country-men to join their regiments as Ethiopia prepares for war

Picnic in the Country
A party of three with dog enjoy a picnic in the countryside, having been transported there by their new Ford Anglia car

Dorothy Jordan / Romney
DOROTHY JORDAN English actress as Peggy in The Country Girl - she later became mistress to the Duke of Clarence (later William IV)

Chequers Court / 1920
Chequers Court, Buckinghamshire: the Prime Ministers country residence

Coleridge Grove Highgate
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE English poet and critics house at The Grove, Highgate, North London

Barber / Country Inn 1780
A man has his hair cut at a barbers in a country inn

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