Peasant Collection (page 3)

Country people dancing the Tarantella, Italy, originating from Naples. Date: early 19th century

Country people dancing on return from the vintage, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Roman people dancing a Saltarello, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Roman family of three travelling on horseback, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Gipsies in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Men and women on a Roman swing, Italy
Men and women having fun on a Roman swing (or Canofieno), Italy. Date: early 19th century

Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica, Italy
Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica (or La Rotuola, similar to throwing the discus), Italy. The circular object is made of heavy, hard wood. Date: early 19th century

Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number

Charlatan speaking to group of people in Rome, Italy
A charlatan, probably a quack doctor, speaking to a group of people in a street in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

People watching a puppet show in Rome, Italy, the equivalent of a Punch and Judy show. early 19th century

People watching magic lantern show in Rome, Italy
People watching a magic lantern show in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Women and children, Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Country people, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District
Country people with dogs at Langdale, Cumbria (Westmorland), Lake District, an area referred to in Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Mahratta (Maratha) ethnic group of peasant warriors, India. Date: 1843

Women with baskets of grapes, Southern Italy
Women with baskets of grapes, in a wine-making area of Southern Italy. Date: early 19th century

Roman peasant women at a fountain, Italy
Roman peasant women washing clothes at a fountain, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Peasant boys playing coupe-tete or leap-frog, 18th century
Peasant boys playing coupe-tete or leap-frog in front of a farmhouse. After an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

The game of spinning top in Russia, early 19th century. A youth spins a top on the ground in front of a crowd of onlookers

Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte, 16th century
Villagers playing croquet or clos-porte with mallets and large balls, 16th century. After a painting by Breughel. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

The game of tonneau or barrel
The game of tonneau (a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a barrel with small holes in the top). Handcoloured lithograph after Decamps from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

Kubelturnier or bucket joust, 16th century. Copied from works by Jeremias Schemer and Esaias von Hulsen. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes

Preparing for a masked ball, 1800s
Preparations for a masquerade. We no longer see harlequins and pierrots at masked balls, but instead costumes of Switzerland and Normandy

Woman of Cassano all Ionio, Cosenza, Italy, 19th century. She sells eggs from a basket, and wears a kerchief held by a pin, chemise, bodice, apron and skirts decorated with gold braid and embroidery

Peasant girl of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century
Peasant girl of the environs of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. The headband covers the elegance of the bonnet, and the fichu is bunched up around the throat

Peasant girl of the environs of Macon, Belgium, 19th century. She wears a small felt hat tied behind the ears, and carries a small jug and basket

Milkmaid of Gelderland, Netherlands, 19th century. Her bonnet trimmed with lace and long ribbons to tie it. Her fichu and jacket are decorated with flowers, with check apron and striped petticoat

Peasant girl of the environs of Kell am See, Germany, 19th century. She wears a small bonnet over her long pigtails, and carries a straw hat decorated with knots

Alsatian peasant woman of Kochersberg, 19th century
Alsatian peasant woman in festival costume, Kochersberg, 19th century. Her bonnet and bodice are embroidered with silver thread. The black cravat is traditional to the town

Peasant girl in festival dress, Upper Carniola, 19th century
Peasant girl in festival dress, Upper Carniola, Slovenia, 19th century. She wears a silk headdress, a lace gorge, and many ribbons and bows on her chemise

Peasant woman of Baden, Switzerland, 19th century
Peasant woman of Baden, near Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with silk pompons, and her toque with bows

Alpine scene with itinerant barrel seller. Man carrying barrels, basins and baskets meeting peasants and dairy farmers. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Mlle. Leontine as Christine in Stella, Theatre de la Gaite, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845

Russian serfs or peasantry, 18th century
Russian serfs or peasantry. A peasant in travel clothes with hat, shirt, boots and bark shoes, and women spinning yarn and washing clothes

Costumes of Hungarian peasantry, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Florence, 1847

Costumes of the Hungarians, 18th century
Costumes of the Hungarians: peasant in typical clothes 1, young farmer of Szekesfehervar in festival garb 2, woman and Catholic girl of Szekesfehervar

Kayan people, Cassay cavalry and Birman peasant
Man and woman of the Kayan mountain tribe, Cassay elite cavalryman of the Burmese imperial guard, and Birman peasant with sword and shield

Chinese men playing the game of go. A musician with gong, man with pigtail, and peasant in straw hat play the board game go, while a farmer with hoe and musician with flute watch

Costumes of city dwellers and farmers. Middle-class man in overcoat of sheepskin with half moons over a silk robe, farmers in jackets and trousers

Chinese hydraulic machines including waterwheels and waterpump driven by manpower. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique

Chinese peasants using a device with bucket and weight to irrigate the land. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

A water buffalo dragging a harrow
Chinese agriculture. A water buffalo dragging a harrow followed by a barefoot peasant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Norman fashions 11th century: crusaders and peasant
Norman fashions 11th century: Norman soldier in long chainmail hauberk stabbing a child 1, crusader knight in surcoat over a haqueton or suit of gamboised chainmail and coiffe de maille 2

Chinese labourer with umbrella and peasant
Chinese labourer with bamboo-and-paper umbrella and peasant in rice-straw cape, QIng Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Roman peasants with babies in baskets, Italy
Three Roman peasants with babies in baskets on their heads, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Slovak peasant (man in doorway). Woodcut. Artist: Wladyslaw Skoczylas

Evacuated French peasant returns home, WW1
An evacuated French peasant returns to his home after the Second Battle of the Marne, towards the end of the First World War. 1918

Dutch rustic scene with music and celebration

Peasant men playing a game in a field, Finland. Involving a human hobby-horse, it is similar to the Russian game of Little Towns, using small cylindrical pieces of wood. Date: 1922

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