Rural Life Collection

Cows on the road in Charing, Kent. 1936

Farmers work in the cowshed. Milking the cows in the milking parlour. 1935

The Willesborough windmill, Ashford, Kent. Kentish smock mill. 1935

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Hop Kilns removing dried hops from the kilns in Goudhurst. ( A general view ) 1937

Workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart, Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire, c1860-c1922

An Old Surrey Cottage (w / c heightened with white)
147359 An Old Surrey Cottage (w/c heightened with white) by Allingham, Helen (1848-1926); Private Collection

View Taken at the Studio in Lauves (w / c over pencil on paper)
7088611 View Taken at the Studio in Lauves (w/c over pencil on paper) by Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); 30.2x44.5 cm; Private Collection

Workmen paint road markings on the road by some traffic lights in Swanley. 1936

Women hop pickers in Beltring, Kent. Each worker has a gas mask over their shoulder in box in case of a gas attack. 1939

Hop picking at Maplescombe Farm, Farningham, Kent. 1938

An old man watches on as a shack in Kingsdown is demolished. 1936

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

Plowing rice paddies with water buffalo
Using water buffalo to plow rice paddies in China. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Don Quixote by French artist Adrien Demont
7264860 Don Quixote by French artist Adrien Demont, 1851 - 1928. On display at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

St Mary Cray riverside cottages and swans. 1935

children waving to the train driver. 1936

Mereworth Woods. 1936

Hop pickers in East Peckham. Young and old working in the hop field. 1 September 1938

Mr Groombridge and his sheepdog, smoking their pipes, aboard their poney trap. 1936

Farm workers are loading potatoes into sacks at a potato clamp. 1939

A ewe with her dog friend climb in the window of a sports car in West Malling. 1937

A Sheep Lane near Woburn, Bedfordshire, (pencil and watercolour)
652080 A Sheep Lane near Woburn, Bedfordshire, (pencil and watercolour) by Stannard, Henry John Sylvester (1870-1951); 25.4x35.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sheep Lane near Woburn)

A Red Legged Patridge and a Covey of Grey Patridges by Corn Stooks (pencil and w / c)
6448737 A Red Legged Patridge and a Covey of Grey Patridges by Corn Stooks (pencil and w/c) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); 22.8x36.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Thorburn)

LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard)
7215383 LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1887//Oil on cardboard At Iasnaya Polyana in August 1887)

Hop pickers walking back to the oast houses with a loaded cart. 1935

Bike racing at Swanley fete. 1936

The Watercress beds in Footscray, Kent cared for by Mr and Mrs Johnstone seen walking across the bridge. 1938

Old cottages, Otford, Kent. 1935

Pea picking in Swanley. 1936

Cricket at Chislehurst. 1935

A Picturesque Cottage, Warwickshire (pencil and w / c)
6867113 A Picturesque Cottage, Warwickshire (pencil and w/c) by Stannard, Henry John Sylvester (1870-1951); Private Collection

Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane
652103 Children Feeding Ducks Beside a Cottage in a Wooded Lane, (watercolour with white heightening on board) by Stannard

Dean and Adams Revolving Rifle (engraving)
7181498 Dean and Adams Revolving Rifle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dean and Adams Revolving Rifle)

By The Sea, 1881 (oil on canvas)
7063397 By The Sea, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Glendening, Alfred Augustus (1840-1921); Private Collection

An Encounter on the Road, c. 1900 (oil on canvas)
5895234 An Encounter on the Road, c.1900 (oil on canvas) by Walbourn, Ernest (1872-1927); 61x91.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Walbourn, Ernest (1872-1927))

Church Pool, Bettws-y-coed (oil)
7064886 Church Pool, Bettws-y-coed (oil) by Parker, Henry (1858-1930); Private Collection

The fury of a swan (Colour Litho)
2809228 The fury of a swan (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The fury of a swan)

Fowl House Farm, Witley, with Children, a Shepherd and a Flock of Sheep Nearby, (pencil
659831 Fowl House Farm, Witley, with Children, a Shepherd and a Flock of Sheep Nearby, (pencil, watercolour and bodycolour) by Foster

The Glorious Twelfth (12th August), start of the red grouse shooting season in Britain (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (20th century)

Searles, water diviner. 1935

Farm workers in Farningham load hay on to the trailer being pulled by a tractor. 1935

A woman harvests cotton on her husbands smallholding

Young woman playing guitar in field, long grass, Upper Palatinate, autumn landscape, outdoor, guitarist, acoustic guitar, guitarist, casual wear, musician, Southern Germany, central europe

Janis Valters (Johann Walter) (1869-1932). Baltic German artist. Peasant Girl, ca. 1904. Oil on canvas, 83, 8 x 98 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia

A Young Girl Standing Outside a Cottage Holding a Pail, (oil on canvas board)
657868 A Young Girl Standing Outside a Cottage Holding a Pail, (oil on canvas board) by King

Mussolini, shirtless under the sun
2783813 Mussolini, shirtless under the sun, threshed the wheat of Agro Pontino after twenty centuries

Old house thought to be in, or near, East Looe, Cornwall. Around 1880s
Unidentified house with a woman looking over the garden wall, and a barn in the background. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Farm buildings close to St Merryn Church, St Merryn, Cornwall. Probably early 1900s
Farmhouse viewed from the lane. A donkey and cart can be seen by the hedgerow with the parish church on the skyline

The Sacrifice of Isaac (oil on canvas)
5984015 The Sacrifice of Isaac (oil on canvas) by Pittoni, Giovanni Battista (1687-1767); 92.1x74.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pittoni)

Young Girl with Sheep, by a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white)
659874 Young Girl with Sheep, by a Cottage, (pencil and watercolour heightened with white) by Sigmund, Benjamin D

Fisherman's house on a lake by Albrecht Durer
3849900 Fisherman's house on a lake by Albrecht Durer by Durer or Duerer, Albrecht (1471-1528); (add.info.: Fisherman's house on a lake by Albrecht Durer, circa 1496. Near Nuremberg)

Unidentified farm, probably in Looe area, Cornwall. Around 1890s
View of a whitewashed farm house in winter. There are three women, two men, two boys and a dog posing for the photograph. Photographer: Surgeon Captain John Campbell

Strawberry field MCF01_02_1292
CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Farm labourers with spades working in a strawberry field in Cheddar. There also appears to be an orchard on the hillside above the strawberry field

Flock of sheep MCF01_02_1277
The Cliffs, Cheddar, Sedgemoor, Somerset. A shepherd with a flock of sheep on the road next to the mill pond near Cox's Mill, with a ladder propped up in the foreground

Herding piglets MCF01_02_1035
Chapel Street, Maugersbury, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. Three figures with a herd of pigs walking past a terrace of cottages on Chapel Street

Strip fields MCF01_02_0966
WEST STREET, CORFE CASTLE, PURBECK, DORSET. A man with a pair of horses ploughing a field with Corfe Castle in the distance

Horse, cart and shed MCF01_02_1554
Groombridge, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A man with a horse and cart in Groombridge. The man appears to be either leading the horse out of a cart shed or making it back in to the cart shed

Ashurst Mill MCF01_02_1538
Ashurst Mill, Ashurst, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. A view of Ashurst Mill from south across the millstream, showing the miller with a rod in his hands standing over the sluice

Haystack MCF01_02_0711
Clench, Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire. A man cutting in to a haystack with a ladder propped to one side

Wootton Rivers MCF01_02_0676
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, Wiltshire. A view looking north along the main street through Wootton Rivers, showing three men and a horse-drawn cart laden with coppiced wood outside The Royal Oak Inn

Man with a barrow MCF01_02_0630
Moat Farmhouse, Whiston, Cogenhoe and Whiston, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire

Green End Farm MCF01_02_0553
Green End Farm, Green End, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A view across a buttercup field towards Green End Farm, showing men leading two pairs of horses across the field

Market House MCF01_02_0512
MARKET HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A horse drawn cart laden with bales being lead past the Market House in Princes Risborough

Wood wagons MCF01_02_0391
Chorleywood Common, Chorleywood, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire. Two horse-drawn carts carrying wood crossing Chorleywood Common

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0374
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses rolling a field in Easton

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0373
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. A man with a pair of horses harrowing a field in Easton

Horse ploughing MCF01_02_0372
Easton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Two men with two pairs of horses ploughing a field in Easton

Horse power MCF01_02_0015
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Men loading timber, possibly hop poles, on to a cart pulled by three horses

Horse power MCF01_02_0014
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A group of men with four horses pulling a wooden cart laden with timber, possibly hop poles

Sheep droving MCF01_02_0001
Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A shepherd and young boy driving a flock of sheep along a road from Broomfield towards Leeds in Kent

Panoramic of the coastal area near the village Listed, Bornholm, Denmark

Rice field, Delta de l Ebre, River Ebro, Catalonia, Spain

Workers on Ox cart near Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Washboard for scrubbing laundry in the 1800s
Woman reenactor doing laundry with a washboard, living history demonstration, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

Colonial farmers in New Sweden, 1600s
Swedish settlers harvesting wheat in Delaware, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century 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

Women Walking With Baskets on Their Heads
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The Medicine Teepee, 1903 (oil on canvas)
1767645 The Medicine Teepee, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Sharp, Joseph Henry (1859-1953); 55.9x101.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Medicine Teepee. Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953)

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"Capturing the Essence of Rural Life: A Glimpse into the Past" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the idyllic charm of rural life. From picturesque windmills to vibrant carnivals, Kent's countryside offers a window into a bygone era. The Willesborough windmill stands tall against the sky, its majestic presence reminding us of simpler times when this Kentish smock mill was at the heart of agricultural communities in 1935. Transporting us further back, we stumble upon an enchanting backyard carnival from the 1800s. Laughter fills the air as families gather for joyous festivities under colorful tents, relishing in traditional games and delectable treats that bring smiles to young and old alike. Venturing deeper into Kent's rustic landscapes, we witness hop kilns bustling with activity as they remove dried hops in Goudhurst during 1937. This glimpse into history reveals how vital these aromatic plants were to local economies, their fragrant essence permeating through every corner. By The Sea beckons us with its tranquil beauty captured on canvas in 1881. As waves gently caress sandy shores, Victorian-era beachgoers bask under parasols while indulging in leisurely pursuits – a testament to nature's soothing embrace even centuries ago. The harvest season comes alive as hop pickers labor diligently at Maplescombe Farm and East Peckham during September 1938. Young and old unite amidst golden fields, working tirelessly to ensure a bountiful yield while fostering community bonds that endure through generations. Not all scenes depict joyful moments; some capture poignant transitions like an old man watching his beloved shack being demolished in Kingsdown during 1936. Reminders of impermanence mingle with nostalgia as progress reshapes familiar landscapes forever etched within memories. Beyond Kent's borders lies another captivating sight – Dutch skaters gracefully gliding across frozen waters of the Zuider Zee during the 1800s.