Rushes Collection (page 2)

Japan - Woman her two children disturb a stork
Japan - A Woman with her two children disturb a stork from the rushes beside a river or pool. Date: 1905

Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing leaf raincoat
Hong Kong, China - Rickshaw driver wearing and elaborate (and somewhat bizarre) leaf (rushes) raincoat. Date: 1919

The Stone Jade Belt Bridge - Summer Palace
A beautiful photograph of the Stone Arch Jade Belt Bridge on the Western Shore of Lake Kunming at the Summer Palace, Bejing, China Date: circa 1931

Canal Scene, Bermuda Date: circa 1909

Betsimisaraka man carrying reeds
A Betsimisaraka man from Madagascar carrying two large bales of rushes/reeds, canes. The Betsimisaraka constitute the second largest group (15%) of Madagascars population. Date: circa 1910s

REED SWANS
A lovely study of a swan among the reeds at the edge of a river. Date: 1950s

Grendon Lake
The tranquil still waters of Lake Grendon, Grendon, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Swan Pen & her Cygnets
A lovely study of a protective swan (pen) watching over her cygnets. Date: 1930s

Whit Sunday Custom
The Whit Sunday custom of strawing the floor of the Nave of the church with rushes, dating back to 1493. St. Mary Radcliffe Church, Bristol, England. Date: 1930s

Three children playing on a bridge. Tommy thinks he can fly, but soon finds out that he can t. first published 1879

Girl in a boat by George Ranstead, 1918
Charming illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and who illustrated a large number of postcards during the period

Karachi - Camel Train
A Camel Train - Karachi. In 1937, Karachi was in India - became part of newly created Pakistan in 1947. The camels appear to be carrying large bundles of reeds

Fantasy Landscape with Lake and Reeds - Left
A view through lakeside reeds across the still water toward distant hills and mountains. Fantasy Diptych painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Evening lakeside scene with reeds
A view of a still lake in the evening light. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Processing reeds and plants
Agricultural processes in a province in North-west India, now a part of modern-day Pakistan. The men are collecting reeds and drying plants on a long string from a rapidly-drying riverbed

Riverside scene - Pakistan
A Pakistani man gathering tall reeds/rushes growing alongside a small stream. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Peasants into Frogs
Leta, fleeing Hera with her children Apollo and Artemis, gets thirsty, but peasants gathering rushes refuse her drink, so she has Zeus turn them into frogs

Afrite Turns into a Dog
An Afrite, or evil genie, turns into a dog and rushes at the kings daughter

Rush Gatherers 1878
Three children set out rush gathering in a small rowing boat. A boy holds a sickle in his hand. The rushes are used for rush seats for chairs & for baskets etc

Swans Among Reeds
Swans swimming among marshland reeds

Rushlight Holder
An old English Rushlight Holder, a relic of the days when the pith of rushes was used as a primitive candle

Cow of an Art Critic
A discerning cow, unimpressed with an artists amateurish dawbs, makes some improvements with her tongue. The artist, who has been walking with his lady friend rushes back

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