Stile Collection (#3)

St. Christopher
2384596 St. Christopher by Bouts, Albrecht (1451/55-1549); Galleria e Museo Estense, Modena, Italy; (add.info.: Modena, Galleria Estense: " San Cristoforo", di Aelbrecht Bouts)

Allegory of Rhetoric, below his ideal representative, probably Isocrates or Demosthenes (fresco)
6336455 Allegory of Rhetoric, below his ideal representative, probably Isocrates or Demosthenes (fresco) by Jacopo di Cione, (fl.1368-94); Palazzo dei Giudici e dei Notai, Florence

Five unidentified figures (fresco)
6336450 Five unidentified figures (fresco) by Jacopo di Cione, (fl.1368-94); Palazzo dei Giudici e dei Notai, Florence, Italy; (add.info)

Allegory of Rhetoric (fresco)
6336433 Allegory of Rhetoric (fresco) by Jacopo di Cione, (fl.1368-94); Palazzo dei Giudici e dei Notai, Florence, Italy; (add.info)

Guest Lodgings, the Room of the Olympus: "Mars, Venus and Eros", 1757 (fresco)
5962745 Guest Lodgings, the Room of the Olympus: "Mars, Venus and Eros", 1757 (fresco) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza

Family Scene (oil on canvas)
6336349 Family Scene (oil on canvas) by Semprebon, Bruno (1817-77); 200x140 cm; Assicoop-Unipol Collection, Modena, Emilia Romagna

Guest Lodgings, Room of the False Gothic Architectures: " A Summer Walk", 1757 (fresco)
5962737 Guest Lodgings, Room of the False Gothic Architectures: " A Summer Walk", 1757 (fresco) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); Villa Valmarana ai Nani, Vicenza

Genoa, Museum of the Treasury of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo: the Ark processional Ash St John the BaptiSt The Ark was
6372758 Genoa, Museum of the Treasury of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo: the Ark processional Ash St John the BaptiSt The Ark was commissioned by the Priors Chapel and was built by Teramo Danieli

Genoa, Museum of the Treasury of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo: the Ark processional Ash St John the BaptiSt The Ark was
6372757 Genoa, Museum of the Treasury of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo: the Ark processional Ash St John the BaptiSt The Ark was commissioned by the Priors Chapel and was built by Teramo Danieli

The Holy Family, The Room of the Oil Lamp, 1560-1561 (fresco)
2632630 The Holy Family, The Room of the Oil Lamp, 1560-1561 (fresco) by Veronese, (Paolo Caliari) (1528-88); Villa Barbaro, Maser, Veneto, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Barbaro, Maser, Treviso, Veneto)

Temptations of Jesus, detail from the Life of Jesus, 1471 (fresco)
2655036 Temptations of Jesus, detail from the Life of Jesus, 1471 (fresco) by Borlone de Buschis, Giacomo (fl.1462-1485); Oratorio dei Disciplini, Clusone, Bergamo, Italy; (add.info.: Clusone)

Marriage at Cana, detail from the Life of Jesus, 1471 (fresco)
2655034 Marriage at Cana, detail from the Life of Jesus, 1471 (fresco) by Borlone de Buschis, Giacomo (fl.1462-1485); Oratorio dei Disciplini, Clusone, Bergamo, Italy; (add.info.: Clusone)

Detail representing a battle, The Trojan Horse, Chamber of Troy (Sala di Troia), 1538 - 1539
2384714 Detail representing a battle, The Trojan Horse, Chamber of Troy (Sala di Troia), 1538 - 1539 by Romano, Giulio (1492-1546) (and workshop); Palazzo Ducale & Museo, Mantua, Lombardy

June night and old Jolster yard, 1910 (oil on canvas)
5906499 June night and old Jolster yard, 1910 (oil on canvas) by Astrup, Nikolai (1880-1928); 88x110 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Juninatt og gammelt Jolstertun); Photo © O. Vaering

Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Taking a Mean Advantage, c1780-1825. A man leers at his female companions thigh which is revealed as she climbs over a gate

There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile (engraving)
3655974 There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile (engraving) by Brooke, Leonard Leslie (1862-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile)

Mr Pickwick joking with the young ladies (b / w photo)
6030151 Mr Pickwick joking with the young ladies (b/w photo) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mr Pickwick joking with the young ladies)

Reminiscences of the Easter Monday Review, Sketches on the March to Brighton (engraving)
1624495 Reminiscences of the Easter Monday Review, Sketches on the March to Brighton (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info)

Comin Through the Rye, 1870 (pen and ink on paper)
701199 Comin A Through the Rye, 1870 (pen and ink on paper) by Scott, William Bell (1811-90); 10x15.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eSarah Colegrave Fine Art; Scottish, out of copyright

"There was an Old Man who said, How shall I flee from this horrible Cow
LLM386676 " There was an Old Man who said, How shall I flee from this horrible Cow? ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Two Boys on a Stile at Brislington Brook, c. 1824 (pencil & w / c on paper)
2831221 Two Boys on a Stile at Brislington Brook, c.1824 (pencil & w/c on paper) by Jackson, Samuel (1794-1868); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Engraving by Sir John Gilbert, featured in The Illustrated London News in 1932 to show how the painter Richard Sickert used Gilberts engravings as the basis for a series of paintings he called

New Zealand - Heavens Gate Lake Wakatipu, horse and cart
Vintage 19th century photograph: New Zealand - Heavens Gate Lake Wakatipu, horse and cart

Couple embracing on a country stile (colour photo)
3094518 Couple embracing on a country stile (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Couple embracing on a country stile. Postcard, early 20th century)

Love Me, Love My Dog (colour litho)
3095632 Love Me, Love My Dog (colour litho) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love Me, Love My Dog)

Comic postcard, Woman climbing over stile, with bull in field Date: circa 1918

"There comes my master, Mister Shallow and another gentleman from Frogmore"
3082696 " There comes my master, Mister Shallow and another gentleman from Frogmore", illustration from The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1910 (colour litho) by Thomson

Millicent Sowerby
Elizabethan boy and girl at a stile. Romance. Date: circa 1905

View of Saint Peters Basilica, Rome. Esterno di S. Pietro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

The Death, from Foxhunting, engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838
BSA266481 The Death, from Foxhunting, engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785-1838) (colour litho) by Alken, Henry Thomas (1785-1851) (after); 45.5x54 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style, c. 1860 (watercolour)
828430 Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style, c.1860 (watercolour) by English School, (19th century); 42.5x55.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Rustic Lovers Crossing a Style)

A Rustic Family, c. 1780 (pen, brush & sepia ink on paper)
3109018 A Rustic Family, c.1780 (pen, brush & sepia ink on paper) by Bunbury, Henry William (1750-1811); 27.9x35.6 cm; Private Collection; Abbott and Holder, London, UK; English, out of copyright

Pantomime poster, Dick Whittington and his cat, ten miles from London

Woman sitting on a stile by a five-bar gate. Date: circa early 1920s

Men were Deceivers ever (litho)
1039703 Men were Deceivers ever (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Men were Deceivers ever)

Nature Study (pencil & w / c on paper)
1214440 Nature Study (pencil & w/c on paper) by Carmichael, John Wilson (1800-68); 26.8x19.4 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

Perdita (gravure)
667665 Perdita (gravure) by Storey, George Adolphus (1834-1919); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perdita. Illustration for A Tribute to the Genius of William Shakespeare (Macmillan, 1916)

Winter-Time (colour litho)
730622 Winter-Time (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Winter-Time. Schottische by Walter J Markley)

Waterjump, c. 1840 (oil on canvas)
OJ379541 Waterjump, c.1840 (oil on canvas) by Alken, Henry Thomas (1785-1851); 30.5x40.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Set of 4 with 379540, 379542 and 379543; ); eAckermann Johnson; English

Jog On, Jog On, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs
DGC452008 Jog On, Jog On, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs, Newly Arranged and with Accompaniments by Theo

Barden Tower of the River Wharfe, Yorkshire, 1868 (oil on canvas)
CTS379089 Barden Tower of the River Wharfe, Yorkshire, 1868 (oil on canvas) by Grimshaw, John Atkinson (1836-93); eThe Devonshire Collections

Jane Eyre meets Mr Rochester by the stile (colour litho)
2813182 Jane Eyre meets Mr Rochester by the stile (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jane Eyre meets Mr Rochester by the stile)

Kensington Gardens, London: A hint to the ladies (coloured engraving)
606718 Kensington Gardens, London: A hint to the ladies (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kensington Gardens)

Jog On, Jog On, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs
DGC452009 Jog On, Jog On, song illustration from Pan-Pipes, A Book of Old Songs, Newly Arranged and with Accompaniments by Theo

Views in Woodstock, Oxfordshire (litho)
1046267 Views in Woodstock, Oxfordshire (litho) by Tidmarsh, Henry Edward (1855-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Views in Woodstock, Oxfordshire)

The New Extension of Hampstead-Heath, the East Park Estate and Parliament Hill Fields (engraving)
1595779 The New Extension of Hampstead-Heath, the East Park Estate and Parliament Hill Fields (engraving) by Boot, William Henry James (1848-1918) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The China Squadron at Port Hamilton, Corea, and at Port Arthur, the Chinese Naval Station (engraving)
1055293 The China Squadron at Port Hamilton, Corea, and at Port Arthur, the Chinese Naval Station (engraving) by Nash, Joseph (d.1922); Private Collection; (add.info)

"There was a Young Girl of Majorca, whose Aunt was a very fast walker", from A Book of Nonsense
LLM386604 " There was a Young Girl of Majorca, whose Aunt was a very fast walker", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

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"Discover the Charm of Stiles: A Journey through Time and Nature" Step into a world where time stands still, as you encounter a Highland cow gracefully grazing near a stile on the Ridgeway Path in Pitstone Hill, Chilterns, Buckinghamshire. This picturesque scene captures the essence of rural England, with its rolling hills and ancient footpaths. As you wander further along the path, you come across a footpath sign and stone stile adorned by a sturdy dry stone wall near Alstonefield in Staffordshire's Peak District National Park. Here, history intertwines with nature as these structures have stood for generations, guiding travelers through breathtaking landscapes. Intriguingly enough, stiles also hold literary significance. Remember Jane Eyre and Rochester? Picture them crossing over a quaint stile during their passionate encounters amidst the moors, and is moments like these that make us appreciate how art imitates life. Venturing north to Storiths in North Yorkshire brings yet another delightful surprise – an enchanting stile nestled within a rustic dry stone wall. As if plucked from The Wizard of Oz's Scarecrow's dreamscape, this whimsical sight invites hikers to pause and soak up the beauty surrounding them. Crossing borders to Wales reveals Llanthony's footpath adorned with charming stiles that lead explorers deeper into Monmouthshire's natural wonders. These gateways beckon adventurers to embark on unforgettable journeys while immersing themselves in Europe's captivating landscapes. Art enthusiasts will find joy in discovering "The Milkmaid, " an exquisite 1902 pencil and watercolor masterpiece depicting tranquil countryside scenes complete with idyllic stiles. Meanwhile, an annotated postcard showcasing Lake District Peaks transports one’s imagination to majestic heights only accessible via these humble stepping stones. But it doesn't end there; springtime brings new life as we witness a girl perched atop a vibrant stile, embracing the season's renewal.