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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...
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...
Sheep Washing Painting
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
[1960s]
Photograph of a painting by Fred Lawson of sheep washing in Apedale Beck ( Apedale) ca. 1920. Mounted on Photo File card. With typed notes on sheep washing, including a passage quoted from the 'Mornin...
Suffolk Punch Lithograph
[1970s]
Photograph of a lithograph of a Suffolk Punch stallion. The lithograph is by William Nicholson from a painting by Mr. Shiels, and appears in David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the Brit...
Horse-Head Carvings
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
December 1974
Wooden horse-head carvings by the door of a house from the Danube Delta, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The house is made of timber, with a thatched roof. Mounted on Photo File...
Farm Cart Aquatint
[1970s]
Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a farm cart (with unidentified load) being drawn by two horses. The horses are harnessed one in front of the other. The aquatint dates from 1...
Horse-Head Carvings
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
December 1974
Wooden horse-head carvings on the front of a wooden store shed, exhibited at the open-air Village Museum in Bucharest. The store shed is a small construction, set into the ground, with a sloped rood a...
Well Dressing in Derbyshire: The Tideswell Tradition
McCall, Margaret R
1976
M.A. dissertation on the custom of welldressing, with particular reference to the Derbyshire village of Tideswell. Its chapters deal in turn with Tideswell and its welldressing team, the welldressing ...
Farm Cart Aquatint
[1970s]
Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of two farmworkers and a dog, in a farm cart drawn by a single horse. One of the workers appears to be drinking a mug of beer or cider. The aqua...
Farm Cart Aquatint
[1970s]
Photograph of an aquatint illustration by William Pyne, of a view from the back of two farmworkers unloading a basket from a farm cart drawn by a single horse. An old woman stoops next to the cart. Th...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Anders Bengtsson's wall painting, 'The Shepherds'/ 'Herdarna', painted in 1858, Norra Bökeberg (Hallands Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts the biblical scene of the Annunciation to the Shep...
Wall Painting (Sweden)
March 1965
Slide of Winter Carl Hansson's wall painting, 'The Marriage in Cana'/ 'Bröllopet i Kana', Leksand (Dalarnas Lan, Sweden). The painting depicts Jesus (centre, with halo) seated at a table with the wed...