Yokels Collection

Calligraphic title page with vignette of the city of London with Saint Pauls Cathedral. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London

Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Ben and his Bogey -- a satirical comment on Disraelis speech to his Buckinghamshire electors, suggesting that the Roman Catholic Church will be the only organisation to gain from

Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack -- Benjamin Disraeli, portrayed as a conman at a country fair, wooing his Buckinghamshire constituents during the General Election campaign, summer 1847. 1847

Collecting firewood
Countryside locals collecting firewood, or possibly looking for birds nests or mushrooms in an old tree trunk, 1890s Date: 1890s

Villagers on a bridge over a stream, 1890s
Villagers chatting on a little stone bridge over a stream, 1890s Date: 1890s

Digging a vegetable patch, 1890s
Rustic types digging over a vegetable patch outside a cottage, 1890s Date: 1890s

Villagers chatting, 1890s
Villagers stopping to chat and pass the time of day in an idyllic rural English village, 1890s. Date: 1890s

Village square, Castle Combe, Wiltshire 1890s
Village square, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, 1890s, with the Market Cross. Date: 1890s

The General Election - Intelligent Voters
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Intelligent Voters. A mild satire as a bunch of working class rural yokels of Mudford take great interest in the finest small print of a prospective

The General Election - Village Politicians
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - Village Politicians. A local candidate giving a speech to the assembled clientelle at the local rural boozer... 1908

The General Election - True Blue
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - True Blue. A Candidate takes a few local yokels out for a ride in his carriage to show solidarity with the common man voter... 1908

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Pub landlady stops snack, 1858
" Dip your roll in your own pot at home!" A fierce looking landlady berates a hungry customer caught in the act of helping himself to the contents of her cooking pot

Two Isle of Wight Farmers assess a tricky situation
Why the Natives are called Isle of Wight Calves. " Well, what shall us do Bill? Is pose there baint nothin else but to Cut his ed off." Date: 1907

Country Wedding
A country wedding : the bride and groom emerge from the church, watched by yokels and others, and by a young lady who looks as though she once hoped to be the chosen one Date: circa 1830

John Green, Peasant
JOHN 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

Two Men Drinking 1935
Two rural types sup real ale from pint jugs beside a open fire, surrounded by the epherema and decor typical of a classic country pub, at the Old Plough in Speen, Bucks

First Glimpse of the Sea
An elderly couple from the country make a dim-witted observation regarding the amount of water at the seaside. Typical example of sneering middle class humour

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