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Achilles ShieldsTHE SHIELD OF ACHILLES in 12 Tables: 3 of a Town in Peace; 3 of a Town in War; 3 of Agriculture and 3 of Pastoral Life
Lindores Abbey, Newburgh, ScotlandLindores Abbey - situated near the Tay, on the East side of the town of Newburgh, Fife, Scotland. The best preserved structures (pictured here) are the south-west gateway (through the precinct wall)
Sweet Lavender by Emily Stride, nee Mitchell - a bucolic portrait of a girl in a bonnet with a large bunch of sweet-smelling lavender. Date: 1900
Cow over stone wall, YorkshireA curious cow looks over a dry stone wall in Rosedale, Yorkshire. An old stone barn is in the background. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1991
British Country Scene - Cattle in the fieldBlack and white lantern slide of horned cows in a field.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
Gika-Gika PotteryA painting showing a presentation of Gika-Gika pottery, including a pot inlaid with aboriginal design, pot with opalescent glaze over coloured body and pastoral design
The Illusion of Cephalus by Bernardino Luini (circa 1480-1532) - Fresco transferred to canvas. Cephalus is haunted by apparitions of his murdered wife and her dog, Laelaps. Date: circa 1507
VICAR WAKEFIELD/RACKHAMBill sings the Elegy on the death of a mad dog, accompanied by the guitar. Date: First published: 1766
A pastoral landscape near Nobottle, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s
Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899). An Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century
Burns Philp & Company Ltd, Java Singapore Line terminus. Date: circa 1900s
RAMSAY GENTLE SHEPHERDMary Ann Wrighten in the character of Peggy, in Allan Ramsays pastoral comedy, The Gentle Shepherd. Date: 1777
ARTEMIS: GODDESS / MYTHArtemis bathing. Date: Classical
DAPHNISDaphnis, a Sicilian shepherd, son of Hermes, not only has a romantic affair with Chloe but finds time to invent pastoral poetry, with a little help from Pan and the Muses
ROMAN CELEBRATION / VIRGILDancing in honour of CERES (Demeter), the goddess of agriculture. On Ceres let him call & Ceres praise, With uncouth dances & with country lays. Date: First published: 29 BC
Granida and Daifilo, 1625, by Gerard van Honthorst (1592-165Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656). Dutch painter. Granida and Daifilo, 1625. Detail. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands
The Bird Cage, ca. 1735, by Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743)Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743). French painter. The Bird Cage. Ca. 1735. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
British Country Scene - Meet of the fox houndsBlack and white lantern slide of a hunt meet with horses, riders, and fox hounds.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
The Harvest Moon by Sir E. A. WaterlowBeautiful landscape by Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850-1919), showing a flock of sheep being led past rustic farm buildings. Date: 1914
Girl of the Toda Tribe - Nilgiri plateau, IndiaGirl of the Toda Tribe, a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. The Toda traditionally live in settlements consisting of three to seven of these small
Classical Landscape, by Jan Frans van Bloemen (called Orizzonte, 1662-1749)
Hadendoa Man - Standing on one legHadendoa Man - Eastern Sudan - Standing on one leg in a characteristic style, akin to the storks of the Upper Nile. Hadendoa is the name of a nomadic subdivision of the Beja people
Sindh Valley, Srinagar, Kashmir, IndiaSindh Valley to the north of Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Date: 1904
Mopsus & Menalcas / VirgilMopsus & Menalcas sing praises of Daphnis
Georgian embossed border frame with cupids. early 19th century
Three-part song, The flocks shall leave the mountainsSheet music, three-part song (trio) in C minor for Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus, The flocks shall leave the mountains, the woods the turtle dove, the nymphs forsake the fountains
Tatler front cover - Summer Number 1935Front cover of The Tatlers Summer Number, 1935 depicting a pastoral scene. Date: 1935
Scene from Molieres play, Melicerte (described here as Melicerte Pastorale), published posthumously in 1682. 17th century
Sheep Grazing - Kensington Gardens, London - Albert MemorialSheep grazing in Kensington Gardens, London. The first ever Ha-Ha in the country acted as the dividing line between Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
Crosier of Bishop of Barcelona, Arnau de Gurb. Limoges. Before 1284. Detail of the body of the serpent. Treasure of Cathedral of Barcelona. Spain
Croiser of Bishop Arnau de Jard?=? (1271-1306). Ivory. 13th century. Scene in relief of male figures. Tortosa Cathedral. Treasure. Catalonia. Spain
Croiser of Clasqueri abbot. Showing the Agnus Dei. 13th century. Gilded wood. From Monastery of Sant Cugat (Catalonia). Diocesan Museum of Barcelona. Spain
Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of Sint-Michiels AbbPeter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Matthaeus Yrsselius (1541-1629), Abbot of Sint-Michiels Abbey in Antwerp, c.1624. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark
Pastoral dance. 18th century. Colored engraving
Virgil (70-19 B. C. ). Classical Roman poet. GeorgicsVirgil (70-19 B.C.). Classical Roman poet. Georgics
Beckford / Fonthill HouseWILLIAM BECKFORD Fonthill House, Wiltshire, home of the English writer, art collector and eccentric Date: 1760 - 1844
Horses feeding from nosebags. Pastoral scene with horses feeding. Victorian.Date: circa 1890
Copenhagen vase with pastoral scenes and rams heads.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891
Decorated vases.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891
Brazil. Salvador. Church of Sao FranciscoBRAZIL. Salvador. Church of Sao Francisco. Panel of tiles in the cloister with pastoral scenes, 18th c. Colonial baroque. Ceramics
British Country Scene - By the streamBlack and white lantern slide of horses beside a stream.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
British Country Scene - Horse drinking from waterBlack and white lantern slide of a horse drinking from a body of water next to a farm while two men look on.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
British Country Scene - Building the rickBlack and white lantern slide of men building a hay rick.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
British Country Scene - meet of the deer houndsBlack and white lantern slide of a hunt meet, horses and people in background, hounds in the foreground.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
British Country Scene - Five men on horsesBlack and white lantern slide of five men dressed in uniform carrying poles, mounted on horseback.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
British Country Scene - Girl and HorseColour lantern slide of a girl with a horse and foal.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. The Whip is a melodrama by Henry Hamilton (playwright) and Cecil Raleigh
British Country Scene - Horse jumpingBlack and white lantern slide of a series of small images showing the progression of a horse leaping a jump.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s
Paris, France - Bagatelle, near Bois de Boulogne. This parc was ironically called Bagatelle, which means bauble, by reference to its considerable cost (around 4 million)
Cruikshank, The Gin Shop, plate 9This is the paper, the poor drunkard signed, Which was brought by the pastor, so noble and kind, Who pitied the woman, with wobegone face, And her husband, the drunkard
Anti-aircraft guns firing on British biplane, 1914An oddly pastoral scene, with little puffs of cloud-like smoke in a clear sky in France, accompanying the bursting of German anti-aircraft shells fired on a British Farman biplane
Pastoral scene with children gathering wild flowers. Date: 1902
Toda man, southern IndiaA Toda man, belonging to a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. Date: circa 1890s
Group of Toda men, southern IndiaGroup of Toda men, belonging to a small pastoral community living on the isolated Nilgiri plateau in southern India. Date: circa 1890s
Farmyard scene, c. 1860A farmer feeds his chickens amidst free range cows and pigs in his farmyard. Date: c. 1860
Le Concert ChampetreA group of musicians play together in the countryside. Date: 18th century
Pastoral (1872). Crane, Walter 1845 - 1915. Date: 1872
Pastoral Landscape with Figures. Creti, Donato 1671-1749
BALBUENA, Bernardo de (1568-1627). Spanish Mexican writer and priest. Title page of the pastoral novel Siglo de oro en
Frank Burt & Geo. H. Nicolai present a pastoral play, The night before Christmas by Hal Reid. Date c1900
Warwickshire SheepA pastoral scene, from the slopes of Deddington Hill, Warwickshire, England, overlooking part of the village of Warmington. Date: early 1960s
Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 1808Title page of Des Knaben Wunderhorn by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, 1808. Date: 1808
Letchworth / Pastoral 1913Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire: a Garden City Pastoral Date: 1913
Compleat Angler / BankOn the river bank. Date: First published: 1653
Vicar Wakefield / RackhamMr. Thornhill meets the family. Date: First published: 1766
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, A Pastoral PetticoatA Pastoral Petticoat. A lady walks her dog but her shadow tells another story. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow
Statue to Bishop Sailer, Dillingen, Bavaria, GermanyView of the statue to Bishop Johann Michael Sailer (1751-1832), in Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany. He rose from humble beginnings to become a Roman Catholic Bishop of Regensburg
Bucolic country scene near Waveney, SuffolkCattle on the estuary marshes near Waveney, Suffolk. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Fishing & Flute-PlayingA shepherd plays a flute on the banks of a river while his companion fishes (illustration to the fable The Fish & the Shepherd Flute-Player )
Don Rodrigo & Lucia / C19I PROMESSI SPOSI : Set in 16th century Milan; Don Rodrigo & Lucia on their wedding day
Trinity Coll. / CambridgeA birds-eye view of Trinity College of the University of Cambridge, and a distant view of the town over the fields
Poil De Carotte / RedheadPoil de Carotte with la petite Mathilde
Social / Village SuttonA horse and cart fording the village stream, at Sutton, Surrey
Sheep in Hyde ParkA pastoral scene, not usually seen in London - Scottish sheep grazing in Hyde Park during the war years
Poem / Tennyson / Maud / C19ThHe kisses her hand (note that she is sixteen years old)
Maupassant / Petit SoldatA soldier takes his leave from his wife
Goldsmith / Vicar / OliviaOlivia & the letter
Remy BelleauREMY (or Remi) BELLEAU French writer, member of La Pleiade, playwright and translator but best known for his descriptive and pastoral poetry
Pan, Sylvanus & ApolloGallus (Virgils patron), unhappy in love, is comforted by Pan, Sylvanus & Apollo
Menalcas & DamaetasPalaemon asks to judge the song contest between Menalcas and Damaetas
Damon & Alphesiboeus, despairing swains, mourn their lost love
Song Contest / VirgilThyrsis and Corydon gather their flock as they start a song contest under a tree
Little Women / Merry LunchA merry lunch it was
Flaubert / Emmas WeddingThe wedding of Emma and Charles - the procession is led by a fiddler
