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Q: Folk Art
1970-1979
This series contains items relating to popular art traditions. The subject matter includes English naive painting of the 18th and 19th centuries; decorative arts including carving in ivory and bone, a...
Mauritian Tree Bark Collage
[1970s]
This file contains a tree bark collage from Mauritius, depicting a scene of figures dancing and playing musical instruments (a drum and a triangle), with the title 'Sega By Night'. The collage is made...
English Folk Painting
Rumford, Beatrix
1974
This file contains a photocopy of Beatrix Rumford's article, 'Nonacademic English Painting', from 'Antiques' magazine (February 1974), pp. 368-378. The article explores relationships between provincia...
Kersey Illustration
[ca. 1938]
Colour illustration of the village of Kersey (Survey of English Dialects (SED) location 22 Sf 5), reprinted from H. Munro Cautley's 'Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures', (Ipswich: Adlard, 1937).
Broad-Wheeled Sussex Waggon Diagram
Philpot, Harold E
1952-1954
Blueprint annotated and labelled diagram, 'The Broad Wheeled Sussex Waggon as Used in the Counties Sussex and Kent, Southern England, circa 1700-1930'. The diagrams are based on a wagon built by A. K....
"Lapps on Skis" Watercolour
Campbell, John Francis (1822-1885)
[1960s]
Slide reproduction of John Francis Campbell's watercolour painting, 'Lapps on Skis', 1850. The painting depicts a scene at Kvikkjok (Sweden), with a man in winter dress including snow shoes (Skibaner)...
The Art of Tattooing
Barwell, Carol A
1980
A study containing eight chapters. These cover the origins of tattooing, technique (including a section on the Japanese technique), designs, motives (including sections on conformity, superstition, ad...
Marble-Finishing
1980
This file contains a cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' on Allan Preston, a tradesman skilled in the art of giving surfaces a marble-effect finish (14 July 1980).
Wensleydale Handknitters
[1960s]
Photographic copy of an illustration of handknitters in Wensleydale (North Yorkshire), from George Walker's 'The Costume of Yorkshire' (London: Longman, 1814).
Somerset Cattle Lithograph
[1970s]
Photograph of a lithograph of sheeted (or belted?) Somerset cattle. The image shows a pair of four-year old cows (and a third lying in the background), one with horns, and one of the polled variety. T...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Ivares Daniel Andersson's wall painting, 'The Ascension of Elijah'/ 'Elie Himmelsfärd', Rättvik (Dalarnas Lan, Sweden). The painting is an example of the Dalamälning style of folk art, w...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Ivares Daniel Andersson's wall painting, 'The Queen of Sheba'/ 'Drottningen av Saba', Rättvik (Dalarnas Lan, Sweden). The painting is an example of the Dalamälning style of folk art, whic...