Villager Collection (#4)

Gaul defending his home against the Romans (engraving)
8635699 Gaul defending his home against the Romans (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gaul defending his home against the Romans)

Group of children watched over by the Man in the Moon (coloured engraving)
8635212 Group of children watched over by the Man in the Moon (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

A jolly motor ride (colour litho)
8634774 A jolly motor ride (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A jolly motor ride)

Valley of Jehosophat (engraving)
8676961 Valley of Jehosophat (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Valley of Jehosophat)

Dutch Schoolmaster (engraving)
8676448 Dutch Schoolmaster (engraving) by Seben, Henri van (1825-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dutch Schoolmaster)

Village of the ancient Britons (litho)
8673145 Village of the ancient Britons (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Village of the ancient Britons)

The Kerry Dance (engraving)
8672689 The Kerry Dance (engraving) by Wain, Louis (1860-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Kerry Dance. dogs dancing in a ring)

N for nurse (chromolitho)
8677362 N for nurse (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: N for nurse. Girl playing nurse to four dolls)

Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century (colour litho)
8663932 Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century (colour litho) by Russian School (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian peasants using a steam bath, 19th century)

The Car of Thespis (litho)
8660822 The Car of Thespis (litho) by Rowlandson, George Derville (1861-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Car of Thespis)

Villagers burning Themselves to avoid the Pindharis, 1815 (litho)
8660965 Villagers burning Themselves to avoid the Pindharis, 1815 (litho) by Burton, H. M. (20th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Villagers burning Themselves to avoid the Pindharis)

Southwold, Suffolk: Lighthouse, East Cliff Green, and North Parade (coloured photo)
8646373 Southwold, Suffolk: Lighthouse, East Cliff Green, and North Parade (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lighthouse, East Cliff Green)

Southwold, Suffolk: South Pier and Beach, looking East (coloured photo)
8646381 Southwold, Suffolk: South Pier and Beach, looking East (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: South Pier and Beach, looking East)

Beaulieu: Le Monument Marinoni (b/w photo)
8646080 Beaulieu: Le Monument Marinoni (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Monument Marinoni)

Beaulieu: Le Port et la Pointe des Fourmis (b/w photo)
8646068 Beaulieu: Le Port et la Pointe des Fourmis (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Port et la Pointe des Fourmis)

Beaulieu: Vue generale (b/w photo)
8646061 Beaulieu: Vue generale (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue generale)

The Lower Portion of the Kedron Valley (engraving)
8638786 The Lower Portion of the Kedron Valley (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lower Portion of the Kedron Valley)

Buckfast Abbey: Buckfast Abbey and Village in the Valley of the Dart (b/w photo)
8649094 Buckfast Abbey: Buckfast Abbey and Village in the Valley of the Dart (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Southwold, Suffolk: Fishing Boats (coloured photo)
8646378 Southwold, Suffolk: Fishing Boats (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fishing Boats)

Southwold, Suffolk: Walberswick Church (coloured photo)
8646375 Southwold, Suffolk: Walberswick Church (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Walberswick Church)

Beaulieu: Vue sur les Villas (b/w photo)
8646062 Beaulieu: Vue sur les Villas (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue sur les Villas)

Motor Mail passing through a village (litho)
8649480 Motor Mail passing through a village (litho) by Somerfield, Thomas (1876-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Motor Mail passing through a village)

Hawarden Castle, south-east view (b/w photo)
8654292 Hawarden Castle, south-east view (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hawarden Castle, south-east view)

Mr and Mrs Gladstone's Bedroom, Hawarden Castle (b/w photo)
8654281 Mr and Mrs Gladstone's Bedroom, Hawarden Castle (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr and Mrs Gladstone's Bedroom)

The Drawing-Room, Hawarden Castle (b/w photo)
8654280 The Drawing-Room, Hawarden Castle (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Drawing-Room, Hawarden Castle)

Mr Gladstone resting after delivering a speech to 26, 000 persons (b/w photo)
8654263 Mr Gladstone resting after delivering a speech to 26, 000 persons (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Competitive Decoration of Cottages by Hawarden Villagers for the Fete held 2 September 1896 (b/w photo)
8654261 Competitive Decoration of Cottages by Hawarden Villagers for the Fete held 2 September 1896 (b/w photo) by English photographer

Hawarden Village, consisting of a single street about 1/2 mile long (b/w photo)
8654257 Hawarden Village, consisting of a single street about 1/2 mile long (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hawarden Village)

The Village of Hawarden, Visitors on their way to the Castle (b/w photo)
8654256 The Village of Hawarden, Visitors on their way to the Castle (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Village of Hawarden)

Cossacks searching for Japanese spies in a village, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (litho)
8655565 Cossacks searching for Japanese spies in a village, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

"May Be's" (colour litho)
8650480 "May Be's" (colour litho) by Beddington, Alice Maud (1862-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: "May Be's." Children of the Village)

Beaulieu: La Rade et la Ville (b/w photo)
8650984 Beaulieu: La Rade et la Ville (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Rade et la Ville)

Boys and Girls (colour litho)
8650485 Boys and Girls (colour litho) by Beddington, Alice Maud (1862-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boys and Girls)

Zenith carburettor advertising, c.1925 (illustration)
8698375 Zenith carburettor advertising, c.1925 (illustration); (add.info.: Transport. Car. A village in Normandie. Advert for Zenith carburettor)

Carlist brigade in a village in Catalonia, in "The Spanish and American Illustration"
AIS5334510 Carlist brigade in a village in Catalonia, in "The Spanish and American Illustration", 19th century (engraving); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Spain)

A suicide at the top of a bell tower - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1912 (engraving)
ICA4950124 A suicide at the top of a bell tower - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1912 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc

Holsteinborg (now Sisimiut), 1854 (b/w photo)
7340162 Holsteinborg (now Sisimiut), 1854 (b/w photo) by Inglefield, Admiral Edward Augustus (1820-94); National Maritime Museum, London

Eastern Europe (c19th). Estonia. Villagers young and old woman, 1880 (engraving)
CUL4854179 Eastern Europe (c19th). Estonia. Villagers young and old woman, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eastern Europe (c19th). Estonia. Villagers young and old woman

Church on Easter day, 1887
3479408 Church on Easter day, 1887; (add.info.: Villagers, both rich and poor, going to church on Easter day. Dated 1887.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Room of a Roman Villa that existed in the village of La Garriga. Wall paintings. Roman Age (193-235). II-III Centuries
3499676 Room of a Roman Villa that existed in the village of La Garriga. Wall paintings. Roman Age (193-235). II-III Centuries. La Garriga (province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)

Cotswold stone houses in Farthinghoe
3359859 Cotswold stone houses in Farthinghoe; (add.info.: Cotswold stone houses in Farthinghoe, a village in Northamptonshire, England, dating to the 16th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A detachment of the Chmielinski corps pursuing the Russians in the village of Ponik
3473156 A detachment of the Chmielinski corps pursuing the Russians in the village of Ponik, Poland during the January Uprising of 1863, from L'Univers Illustre, pub

Education. Children life in the countryside. Mother with her children. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen"
3434974 Education. Children life in the countryside. Mother with her children. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany, c.1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part)

Education. Children life in the countryside. Sad girl. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany
3434973 Education. Children life in the countryside. Sad girl. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany, c.1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part. Education)

Education. Children life in the countryside. Dolls washing. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany
3434967 Education. Children life in the countryside. Dolls washing. Engraving "Munchener Bilderbogen", Germany, c.1880 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Education. Coll. Part. Education)

Old Gentilly, France, 1906 (postcard)
2699376 Old Gentilly, France, 1906 (postcard); © Estate of Gerald Bloncourt. All Rights Reserved 2024

Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho)
8629736 Page of London-related advertisements, 1928 (litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Page of London-related advertisements, 1928)

Cod fisheries at St Peter's, Newfoundland (engraving)
8676945 Cod fisheries at St Peter's, Newfoundland (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cod fisheries at St Peter's, Newfoundland)

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"Embracing Culture and Tradition: The Vibrant Life of a Villager" Step into the world of villagers, where art, daily routines, and community intertwine to create a tapestry of rich experiences. From "The Wedding Dance" capturing the joyous celebration in an oil painting to witnessing Ugandan children fetching water in Masindi, Uganda, Africa - these snapshots offer glimpses into the diverse lives led by those residing in villages across the globe. In "Buffoons in a Village, " artist Francois Nicolas Riss brings humor and satire to village life through his 1857 masterpiece. Meanwhile, William Henry Bartlett's steel engraving showcases the picturesque coastal village of Ballybunion on the mouth of the river Shannon in County Kerry, Ireland - reminding us that beauty can be found even in remote corners. Amidst simplicity lies profound contentment as depicted in works like "Simple Life" or "Old Willie - The Village Worthy. " These paintings capture moments frozen in time; they remind us that happiness can be found within close-knit communities and cherished traditions. Traveling further east to India reveals rural life at its finest with images such as "A Farmer with His Bullock Cart. " Here we witness how villagers rely on age-old practices for their livelihoods while fostering a deep connection with nature. Similarly, cowherders find solace and amusement during their pastimes captured beautifully on canvas. Venturing into West Africa takes us to Thies, Senegal - home to a vibrant handmade basket shop. This bustling hub showcases not only craftsmanship but also highlights how local businesses sustain village economies while preserving cultural heritage. Lastly, journey back through time to Belgian Congo's Lake Ntomba village of Ikoko circa 1930s. Experience firsthand the rhythmic beats resonating from "The Drums of Africa, " serving as both entertainment and an integral part of communal gatherings.