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Tales from Many Lands: Why the Sea is Salty
Farmer & Lawyer / LeaseCountry lawyer and peasant farmer at signing of new lease. Date: early 19th Century
Peasant wagon, Bosnia, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Mt. Surlon, peasant house near, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Irish peasant farmer. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Peasant Druses, (i. e. Druzes) of Mount Carmel taking a mealPeasant Druses, (i.e. Druzes) of Mount Carmel taking a meal, Holy Land, (i.e. Israel). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Spain - Campesinos, TenerifeCampesinos (Peasants / Countryfolk) in Tenerife, Spain Date: circa 1910s
Spanish Campesino (Peasant) with his Bull Terrier dog Date: circa 1906
Murcia, Spain - A corner of the garden of the homestead of a peasant family Date: circa 1910s
Country Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of ItalyCountry ( Peasant ) Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy, holding baskets of fruit they have jusat picked from the plants in the background. Date: circa 1910s
Hungarian AccordionA Hungarian peasant playing an accordion. Date: 1930s
Soubirous PhotoBERNADETTE SOUBIROUS, French peasant girl of Lourdes, whose claim to have encountered Jesuss mother Mary earned her sainthood but also a lot of unwelcome attention : in 1864. Date: 1844 - 1879
Montenegrin women eating their breakfast Date: circa 1930s
Venetian Carnival DressVenetian society in San Marco Square, Venice, Italy, wearing Sardinian and Neapolitan traditional costumes during the famous Venice Carnival. Date: 15 March 1930
Bolzano ItaliansMen and women of Bolzano, Italy, wearing their elaborate national costumes. Date: 1930s
Societys 3 OrdersA cleric, a noble and a peasant represent the three strata of French society before the Revolution. Sadly, mutual hugging will soon change to lethal recrimination Date: eighteenth century
Macedonian man and his large familyMacedonian regional farmer type and his large family, flock of sheep and their tents. Date: circa 1910s
Austrian Peasant GamePeasant men of the South Tyrol, Austria, playing a traditional game around a table. The aim is to grab the opponents finger over the half way line on the table! Date: 1930s
Old Hungarian PeasantAn old Hungarian peasant man with a large moustache, smoking a cigar. Date: 1930s
Czech Peasant DanceCzechoslovakian peasants dancing in traditional costumes. Date: 1930s
Austrian Peasant CoupleAn attractive young couple, peasants of the Sarn Valley, Austria. Date: 1930s
Italian Peasant SpinnersItalian peasant women in traditional costumes, spinning hemp. Date: 1930s
Hungarian Festival DancePeasants in traditional costumes dancing at a Tokaj wine festival, Hungary. Date: 1930s
Czech Peasant MusicianA Czech peasant plays a large wind instrument in a field at harvest time. Date: 1930s
Sardinian WomenWomen of Sardinia, Italy, weaving fishing nets. Date: 1930s
Prague Fruit SellerA peasant girl selling fruit and vegetables on a stall in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Date: 1930s
Italian Peasant WomenItalian peasant women of Pinerolo, in traditional costume, preparing to take their basket paniers of apples to market. Note the straw saddle on their horse. Date: 1930s
Hungarian HarvestA happy girl scything the harvest on a farm in Hungary. Date: 1930s
Sardinian Shepherd
Capri Fruit QueenThe beautiful Miss Rosa Manelli has been elected the Queen of Oranges and Lemons on the equally beautiful island of Capri, Mediterranean, Italy. Date: 17 July 1933
Jack Straws CastleThis famous public house on the edge of Hampstead Heath, north London, is named after a ringleader in the Peasants Revolt of 1381. Destroyed in World War Two, rebuilt 1960s. Date: 1930s
Spanish WomenSpanish peasant women with baskets on their heads, standing in front of a horse and carriage at Santander, Spain. Date: 1930s
Russian peasant boy asks Papa for candy Date: 1912
Peasant Family - Kashmir - IndiaA beautiful very early photographic postcard showing a peasant Family in Kashmir, Northern India. There are three simple spinning wheels in the foreground
Ivanowitch Komissarow, a young Russian peasant who, whilst walking to a chapel for prayer, apprehended a would-be assassin of the Emperor of Russia.The Emperor was keen to express his gratitude to
Music at home - the blind fiddlerA blind fiddler performs for a poor family in their home
Queen Victorias visit to Ireland, 1900Colour supplement to the Sketch, commemorating Queen Victorias visit to Ireland in 1900. The monarchs face is shown on a shamrock on a union jack flag, with an Irish girl curtseying
Thieves robbing a cartA group of brigands accost a peasant and steal all the goods hes carrying in his cart. Date: 16th century
Soldiers of Henry IIISoldiers of the reign of Henry III : on the left a man of arms in full armour; right, a cross-bowman, in a long mail tunic : behind, a peasant, unarmoured, bearing a spear. Date: 1250
John Green, PeasantJOHN GREEN : portraits of peasants are rare in our files, so this picture of John Green, peasant from Kings Lynn, makes a nice democratic change from kings and generals Date: CIRCA 1818
Joan of Arc InspiredJeanne d Arc, depicted as a simple peasants daughter, meditates on her vocation Date: circa 1427
The Little Peasant
Feu Follet by PathA French peasant woman returning home with her child is startled when feux follets appear beside their path Date: 1869
Sleeping Beauty - 8The Prince sees the spellbound castle from afar, and a peasant tells him the story of its fate : being a fairy-tale prince, he resolves at once to see for himself
Penrhyn tomb, Llandegai Church, North WalesDetail of the Penrhyn tomb in Llandegai (or Llandygai) Church, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. The tomb was sculpted by Richard Westmacott for the first Lord
Elderly Romanian man in traditional costume
Typical Country Man of Corfu, GreeceTypical Rustic Peasant from the Island of Corfu, Greece
Statue below the Juche Tower, Pyongyang, North KoreaA statue depicting three members of the proletariat, one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a " working intellectual" )
