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Paris, France - La Samaritaine. Date: 1719
Walking on StiltsFrench hand coloured engraving of stilt walkers titled Milord Court visitant les Landes
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath RobinsonThe Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
Flower-lovers dine beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, JapanFlower-lovers dine/lunch beneath wisteria blossoms - Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s
Singapore - Native Sampan boats moored on the riverbank Date: 1911
Southern Philippines - Typical Homestead built on stilts. The frame on the right is a shade to offer relief from the sun in the middle of the day (with a covering). Date: circa 1910s
Penang - A Malay Village - Malaysia Date: circa 1910s
Laos - Building a Missionary SchoolBuilding a Missionary School at Ban Nong Bua, Khammouan, Laos Date: circa 1910s
The StiltsGOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Stilts, 1791 - 1792. Painted for the Kings Room in El Escorial
River dwellings - Thailand - People living in houses on stilts out over the water and houseboats below washing, drinking, cooking, plumbing, making use of the muddy water. Date: 1952
entrance to village - Inle LakeEntrance to village - Inle Lake - A bamboo gate to guard the entrance to village. Little canals winding among homes on stilts, lovely gardens. Date: 1952
stilt houses - Inle LakeStilt houses - Inle Lake - Basha on stilts on half-island. Date: 1952
Boy riding a rocking horse
The Old Curiosity Shop, the Punch and Judy peopleThe Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841
Lake-dwellers attackedLake-dwelling Britons near Glastonbury are attacked by rival land-dwellers
Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s
Middle Cove - North Head - Newfoundland and Labrador Date: circa 1910s
Niujie Mosque in Beijing, ChinaBeijings most historical and majestic mosque, The Niujie (Ox Street), is situated on Niujie Street in the citys Xuanwu District
Sudan - A Dinka Hut Date: circa 1910s
Water Shrine close to Venice, ItalyA Scene in Venice A Water Shrine near Venice, Italy - a boat carries a family who bring offerings of flowers to place at the feet of the Madonna in the shrine
Old Tavern House at Treib, SwitzerlandThe Old Tavern House at Treib on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Switzerland Date: circa 1930s
Granpop Makes Whoopee for the Royal WeddingLawson Woods own tribute to the 1934 royal wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing his orang utan character
Lakeside Villages - Dahomey / BeninDahomey (modern-day Benin) - Lakeside Villages with traditional houses/huts built on stilts. Date: circa 1910s
Brunei Town - Sultanate of BruneiStilt houses on the Brunei River in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei, Southeast Asia. Date: circa late 1950s
Men from Landes, France on stiltsStilt walkers from the Landes Departement, France. They used their stilts to traverse difficult and marshy terrain. Mounted on their stilts
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Caimanera Beach Houses sitting on stilts at the waters edge. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty
Papua New Guinea - Hanuabada Village
Papua New Guinea - Ekiti Village, Sogeri - Tree HouseA fantastic treehouse at Ekiti Village, Sogeri, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea - Elevara MissionPapua New Guinea - Elevara Village viewed from the L.M.S. Mission. The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans
Bear River, Nova Scotia. Bear River is noted for its picturesque old buildings on stilts along the riverside
Wooden building in Kashgar, western ChinaA wooden building in the mountains of Kashgar, western China, with a donkey or mule tethered up outside. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
America. The Chinese in San Francisco. Chinese dwellings onWooden framed houses on long stilts on the waterfront in San Francisco
Dog on StiltsA girl on stilts and her amazing dog, also on stilts, cause quite a stir as they entertain a crowd in central London!
Boy on stiltsA boy on stilts smiles out at the reader
Shepherds of Les Landes in south-western France, using stilts to help them keep an eye on their flocks
Clowns on Stilts 1933Two clowns on stilts, assisted by girls in bathing costumes, at Ramsgate, Kent, England
Malaka, Malaysia C18ThA view of Malaka from the sea showing sailing ships and other smaller vessels, rows of small houses, a walled area of the town & a building set up on stilts in between
Koren Women on StiltsKorean women with nothing better to do like to jump on stilts - which requires much skill
Stone Age VillageVillage built on stilts on the Zurich sea in the Stone Age