Pastoral Collection

Achilles Shields
THE 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, Scotland
Lindores 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, Yorkshire
A 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 field
Black and white lantern slide of horned cows in a field.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1890s

Gika-Gika Pottery
A 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/RACKHAM
Bill 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 SHEPHERD
Mary Ann Wrighten in the character of Peggy, in Allan Ramsays pastoral comedy, The Gentle Shepherd. Date: 1777

ARTEMIS: GODDESS / MYTH
Artemis bathing. Date: Classical

DAPHNIS
Daphnis, 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 / VIRGIL
Dancing 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 (1592-165
Gerard 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 hounds
Black 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. Waterlow
Beautiful 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, India
Girl 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 leg
Hadendoa 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, India
Sindh Valley to the north of Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Date: 1904

Mopsus & Menalcas / Virgil
Mopsus & Menalcas sing praises of Daphnis

Georgian embossed border frame with cupids. early 19th century

Three-part song, The flocks shall leave the mountains
Sheet 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 1935
Front 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 Memorial
Sheep 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 Abb
Peter 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. Georgics
Virgil (70-19 B.C.). Classical Roman poet. Georgics

Beckford / Fonthill House
WILLIAM 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 Francisco
BRAZIL. Salvador. Church of Sao Francisco. Panel of tiles in the cloister with pastoral scenes, 18th c. Colonial baroque. Ceramics

British Country Scene - By the stream
Black 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 water
Black 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 rick
Black 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 hounds
Black 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 horses
Black 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 Horse
Colour 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 jumping
Black 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)

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