Country Side Collection

Road from ancient Athens to Eleusis
Temple of Aphrodite (left) on the road from Eleusis to Athens, ancient Greece. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Feudal lord instructing peasant workers
Peasants receiving their lords orders before going to work, 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a manuscript miniature illustration

Warwick Castle
Norman castle in Warwick on the Avon, England. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch skaters on the Zuider Zee, 1800s
Skaters enjoying a winter Sunday on the Zuider Zee, Dutch island of Marken, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Confederate soldier romancing a young woman, 1800s
Confederate soldier declaring his love for a young woman, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Victorian era picnic
Families having a summer picnic, England, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dutch canal and tow-path, 1800s
Dog-cart with fresh vegetables and people towing a barge along a Dutch canal, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval rose garden
Garden with roses enclosed by a wattle fence, from Boccacios " Cento Norelle, " 1490. Hand-colored woodcut reproductioin of a 15th century illustration

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Young Dutch woman gathering cabbages in a basket, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Garden irrigation in the 1500s
Garden water pumped through beds via intersecting channels, formal bed design of 1571. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Irish children carrying peat to pay for school
Children in western Ireland carrying peat to pay for their schooling, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A crowded Boston skating pond, 1800s
A skating scene in Boston, Massachusetts, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Skating on a pond in winter, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Summer holiday celebration in an American village, 1800s
Country people enjoying an outdoor gathering, dancing to a makeshift band, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rural courtship, early 1900s
Young couple seated by a brook, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Puerto Rican family and their hut, 1890s
Native houses in rural Puerto Rico, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Ice-skating on the Schuylkill River, 1800s
Skating party on the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bola used for hunting in Argentina
Argentine natives using the bola to hunt guanacos, a type of llama. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Travel on the pampas of Argentina, 1800s
Prairie schooner pulled by oxen on the pampas of Argentina, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Vermont cheese factory, 1800s
Dairy farmers bringing milk to a Vermont cheese factory, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian prisoners forced to work in Siberia, 1880s
Russian convicts returning at night from the mines in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Starving peasants begging in Russia, 1890s
Russian peasants near St. Petersburg begging soldiers for bread, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Jewish market-goers, Poland, 1800s
Polish Jews traveling to market near the Russian border, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval milking and churning
Peasants milking cows and a goat, and churning butter, 1100s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration

Country life in medieval Europe
Country life in France in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 1517 edition of Virgil published in Lyons

Formal garden of the late Middle Ages
Spring work in a European formal garden with raised beds, about 1590. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Medieval manor and fields
Arrangement of manor lands and a farming village in the late Middle Ages. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Ancient Celtic ruins in western Ireland
Archaic beehive huts, Fort of the Wolves on the west coast of Ireland. Hand-colored engraving

Fashionable couple outdoors, early 1900s
Well-to-do couple on a hillside, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Courtship in a woodland setting, 1800s
Young man and woman on a walk in the countryside, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rural Christmas gathering of neighbors, 1800s
People going to a neighbors Christmas party in the country. Hand-colored woodcut of a Caldecott illustration

Summertime activity for a country boy
Barefoot boy crossing a stream. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Summer afternoon for a boy and his dog, circa 1900
Boy lying under a shade tree with his sleeping dog, early 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration by F.E. Schoonover

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Neighbors celebrating Christmas Eve with a sleigh ride, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Patagonian woman traveling by horse
Tehuelche woman on horseback in Patagonia, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Patagonian natives, 1800s
Tehuelche camp in Patagonia, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Starving peasants begging from wealthy Russians, 1890s
Starving Russian peasants begging from a wealthy couple in the town of Kazan, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Russian political prisoners sent to Siberia, 1880s
Russian prisoners marched on a muddy road to exile in Siberia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Russian peasant women at work, carrying large stones on a litter. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Training a young horse, 1800s
Men trying to bridle a wary horse in a barnyard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rural romance
Girl and boy helping with spring farm chores. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Dairy herd
Jersey cows in a spring pasture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Cluricauns of Irish folklore leading a traveler astray. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

English manor in the 1800s
Falls-Park manor in England, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Irish farmers harrowing poor soil, 1800s
Irish family harrowing rocky soil on a mountain farm in County Mayo, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Sheep near a cottage in West Rutland, Vermont, 1880s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Rural traveler resting under a tree. Color halftone reproduction of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Farm horses watered in France, 1910
Farmer watering his horses near Sevres, France, about 1910. Printed color reproduction of a contemporary illustration

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