Idyllic Collection (page 8)

View of old houses in the Dordogne, France
View of old houses built at the foot of a huge rockface in the Dordogne, south west France, with water in the foreground. Date: 1951

Village in the Dordogne, France
Busy scene in a picturesque village in the Dordogne, south west France. Date: 1951

Henrik Ibsen / Skien Birth
HENRIK IBSEN Birthplace at Skien of the Norwegian dramatist Date: 1828 - 1906

Rambles in South Devon - 1930s
Front cover of a guide to rambling in South Devon showing a couple enjoying a rest amid open skies and a patchwork quilt of fields, with the sea and coastline just visible beyond. Date: c.1935

Motorcar in rural landscape
A motorcar makes its way along an open country road in a rugged landscape towards the shade of some trees. Date: 1936

Two country bumpkins posing next to a spinning wheel
" The countryside is full of friendly children! Do you not think they are better than those in Paris?"

Our Village in Silhouette by Worthington
The fold-out cover of a promotional brochure booklet of Worthington Silhouettes for the Worthington Brewery Company by H L Oakley Date: circa 1920s

Country scene by Reverend Baden Powell
Sketch of people fishing and paddling in a stream, with a cottage in the background, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1840-1860

Saintly sweetheart in the dreams of this slumbering soldier
" The Dream" A typical English country garden, timbered house and a saintly sweetheart inhabit the dreams of this slumbering soldier

In the Gloaming by Balliol Salmon
A pre-war (pre-WWI) Idyll of the Thames, with a young man serenading his two female companions (possibly with a ukelele?!) as they drift slowly along the Thames in a boat. Date: 1930

Toblachersee Lake, Tyrol, Italy
Toblachersee Lake in the municipality of Toblach in South Tyrol, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

An idyllic rural scene: a farmhouse surrounded by fertile land, with a hedgehog and rabbit roaming peacefully, and a bird singing happily in the foreground. 1925

21st birthday card with garden and fountain
A 21st birthday card showing a beautiful garden with a fountain at the centre. Date: 1936

21st birthday card with lady gathering flowers
A 21st birthday card, showing a lady in a bonnet and crinoline dress gathering flowers in an idyllic cottage garden. Date: 1936

Mrs Bobbity in her garden, looking up at the sparrows and their nest. Date: 1937

21st birthday card with thatched cottage
A 21st birthday card, showing an idyllic thatched cottage with a beautiful garden. Date: 1936

English Rose
A young woman, an English Rose, smells her pink climbing roses outside her idyllic country cottage. Date: 1965

Cotswold Thatches
A row of idyllic thatched cottages at Great Tew, in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

St Austell harbour, Cornwall
Aerial view of St Austell harbour in Cornwall, with fields in the background. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1952

Locks Green Farm located in Newtimber, Hassocks, an idyllic corner of Sussex, England. Date: 1930s

Little boy in a garden in the spring
A little boy in a garden in the spring, watching a hen and her chicks on the lawn. first published 1879

Rural scene with girl, boy and dog

Happy May Your Birthday Be, country scene and flowers
Happy May Your Birthday Be -- an idyllic country scene surrounded with pansies on a birthday postcard. Date: early 20th century

Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808
Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, 1808. Date: 1808

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1951
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number 1951 showing the Tatler mascot in his 18th century frock coat and tricorn hat enjoying a tankard of refreshing ale served to him by a typical serving wench

Poster advertising Abbey Road estate agents -- buy your home through Abbey Road, enquire within for list of available properties

Tatler front cover - Early Spring Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration depicting an idyllic Springtime scene - a London park with children riding horses and smaller babie and toddlers being walked out by their nannies

Thoughts of home, WWI postcard drawn by George Ranstead
Hand drawn postcard by amateur soldier artist of the Great War, George Ranstead, featuring an idyllic scene with flowers, a country church and his sweetheart

Country lane with farm buildings and fields
A pretty country lane with farm buildings, and fields extending into the distance

Goldsmith / Hyde Lane
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Irish writers farmhouse in Hyde Lane, off Edgware Road, where he wrote Date: 1730 - 1774

Two girls taking tea on the lawn. first published 1879

Summer by Adrian Hill
An idyllic country scene showing cattle grazing in fields during the summer months

Gladys Cooper, actress of stage and screen
A double-page portrait of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress of stage and screen. She is seen in profile with her eyes closed, holding a large bunch of flowers. Date: 1925

Church seen from a wood
The tower of a church seen through wooded countryside

His Lady Fair by Muriel Dawson
A little boy and girl walk hand in hand through a field, each holding a bunch of wild flowers

Little Miss Frolic by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration showing a little girl from the back wearing a green smock dress with matching bloomers and a white sun bonnet

Washing Day by Millicent Sowerby
Two jolly girl guides and a little Brownie hard at work on washing day. One washes clothes in a soap sud filled wash tub while another hangs gleaming sheets on a line

View of Honiton from the South
A very attractive idyliic rural view of Honiton from the South

Family group in a Devon garden
A family group chatting in a Devon garden -- from left to right Olive Harper, Edwin Pitts Tucker, and Christine Watts

Poster depicting Dairying in Australia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting Dairying in Australia

Poster depicting Cattle Raising in Australia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting Cattle Raising in Australia

Poster advertising Valencay
Poster for French railways advertising the chateaux of the Loire, in particular Valencay

Poster advertising the Hamburg America Line
Poster advertising Hamburg America Line departures to Canada, showing a cornfield being harvested

Poster advertising Santa Caterina, on Lago Maggiore
Poster advertising Santa Caterina del Sasso on Lago Maggiore, Italy

Poster advertising autumn in Germany. A kite flies high above idyllic countryside

Selborne, Hampshire
The church and vicarage at Selborne, Hampshire -- it was here that Gilbert White wrote The Natural History of Selborne, a classic of nature writing

Hampstead 1760
An idyllic scene in Hampstead in the 18th century

Children / Snow & Toys
Two children play with their toys in the snow

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