Countryfolk Collection

Orient Express train in a rural setting
The Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by

A shepherd of the Lakes with dog and leading his horse up the hillside. He carries one of his flock across his shoulders. A charming scene. Date: circa 1920s

Argentina Creature
Argentina countryfolk report sighting of a plesiosaur-like creature : an expedition is planned in Buenos Aires.. but the creature is not found

Countryfolk resting to picnic by the roadside (pen & ink with w / c on paper)
449251 Countryfolk resting to picnic by the roadside (pen & ink with w/c on paper) by Miel, Jan van Bike (1599-1663); 16.1x46.9 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Marie Tempest - famous British light soprano
Detail of the painting The Hay by Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) Date: 1910

The cast of the Comedie Francaise on tour in France in a special train
498674 The cast of the Comedie FranAzaise on tour in France in a special train, makes a halt to give countryfolk a glimpse of the theatre, 2nd half 19th century (litho) by Henriot

Countryfolk from the Ybbsthale Date: 1888

GREECE / COUNTRYFOLK
Countryfolk from Ancient Greece Date: circa 500 BC

BACCHUS
Roman countryfolk celebrate a festival in honour of Bacchus Date: 29 BC

A relief sculpture depicting the new era of powered flight - countryfolk stare in amazement as an aeroplane flies above their smallholding

French Countryfolk and their Pigs - the caption reads: " The campaign to promote repopulation has its effect in the region." !! Date: circa 1920s

Chinese Village Scene with Villagers. Date: circa 1930s

Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and Music
Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - traditional National dance which features singing and dancing performed by an ensemble / chorus. Date: circa 1908

Rural Types, Japan - Traditional costume - Mino raincoat
Rural Types, Japan - Traditional costume of a rice farmer and his wife. He wears a traditional reed cape (Mino) and carries a hoe over his shoulder as he walks to tend his paddy field

Horse Brasses
HORSE BRASSES talismans favoured by English countryfolk to protect their horses and for general good luck

Three Russian peasant women and their horse-drawn wagon. Date: circa 1902

The Home of Chinese peasant and his family - Rural China Date: circa 1910s

UK General Election 1906 - Winners as the True Blue
The General Election - Comic postcard showing the delight amid the working class at the landslide defeat for the Conservative Party and their Liberal Unionist allies

Romania - Gypsy Families and their tents. Date: circa 1905

Russia - Rural Peasant Couple and their well-ventilated home Date: 1907

Sweden - Church people at Leksand
Church-going folk at Leksand, a locality and the seat of Leksand Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. Date: circa 1902

Chinese country boy with rake and laden backpack. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese Farming / Country Girl with wicker back-pack. Date: circa 1906

Myanmar - Burmese Traditional Village Dancing and Music / Musicians - playing such instruments as the curved Burmese Xylophone (Pattala) and Khong Vong gong chimes. Date: circa 1907

Myanmar - Country Couple in traditional attire
Myanmar - Traditional Country Couple, the woman carrying a large pottery pot on her head. Date: 1916

Japan - Group of Country Children. Date: 1906

Country Course Meeting
Countryfolk at a meet of the Avon Valley Coursing Club (near Salisbury) - he in plus- fours and gaiters with a cloth cap, his companion in high boots and heavy raincoat Date: 1927

Sport / Boules / Croatia
Istrian (Croatian) countryfolk playing boules in a garden protected by a statue of the Madonna Date: 1891

Midsummer customs in Sweden
Swedish countryfolk dance on Midsummers Eve by the light of the Midnight Sun. Date: 1901

Street seller, Pisa, Italy - an everyday market scene at Pisa, where countrywomen, having no fixed market stalls stand selling their wares. Date: 1905

Romanian Country Fair, featuring a stage with a clown and a sword swallower or contortionist (?), some prize oxen, drinking and an amusement/pleasure wheel. Date: 1900

Romanian Women spinning
A large group of Romanian Women spinning outside a thatched cottage in their village. Date: 1910s

Romanian Villagers - Traditional costume
Romanian Villagers wearing traditional folk costume. Date: circa 1900

Tenerife - San Cristobal de La Laguna - Campesinos
Canary Island, Spain - Tenerife - San Cristobal de La Laguna - Campesinos (Rural Folk / Peasants). Date: circa 1910s

Italy - Egg Seller Date: circa 1910s

Irish Girl at her spinning wheel Date: circa 1903

Traditional Country Costumes - Serbia Date: circa 1903

Macedonian Countryfolk. Date: circa 1918

A Pretty Serbian Country Girl - Decorative border. Date: circa 1910s

Serbian Country Girl - Decorative floral border. Date: circa 1910s

Festival at Arapli, near Thessaloniki - A group of jolly men dancing and getingt stuck in to some serious drinking. Date: circa 1910s

Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs! A contented broad rural countryfolk couple take a constitutional stroll through the village. Date: circa 1920s

Meeting at the Crossroads - Slavonia, Croatia
Peasant folk meet for a chat at the Crossroads in Slavonia, a historical region in eastern Croatia. Date: circa 1917

An elderly Russian peasant with basket and staff Date: circa 1901

French Coutryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers / Harvesters
French Countryfolk - Lunchtime for Reapers/Harvesters Date: circa 1905

Turkish peasant couple - 1930s. Date: 1930s

Greek Countryfolk and elaborate loom. Date: circa 1910s

Pleasure Drive - Russian sled / sleigh Date: 1900s

Russian Peasant Couple - Fantastic Headdress
Russian Peasant Couple of Southern Russia (Caucasus - possibly Georgia?) - The lady is wearing a fantastic Headdress, typical of this region. Date: circa 1902

Countryfolk Insult
" Ow much for the Moke (Donkey) Billie? " I didn t know as yer Muvver could afford to keep two of yer!" Date: 1899

Country Tramp dismayed at only available activity being work
" Poor Man! And can t you find anything to do?" " Nothing but Work, Liddy." Date: 1898

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Horse Trainer standing up for his principles
Owner - " I heard as how you ve been fighting with Bob Smith?" " Yus. He said my sister was cross-eyed." " But you haven t got a sister?" " I know that

Three Russian women in traditional costume off boating
Three Russian women in traditional costume head off for a boating jaunt on a still lake (or a very wide river - possibly the Volga?). Date: circa 1902

Sullen Russian girl seated in the undergrowth
Sullen Russian country girl (in need of a good joke) seated in the undergrowth. Date: circa 1902

Rural Russia - Village Children Date: 1902

Rural Russia - Village Scene. Women, men and children stand around a wooden house, with a horse wagon tethered alongside. Clearly a rural setting. Date: 1902

Traditional round circle dancing in a Russian village. Date: 1902

Russian villagers having lunch
Russian villagers take a break from hard work on the family farm and have their lunch, sitting outside in the grass close to their wooden cabin home. Date: circa 1901

Russian Countrywomen in traditional costume
Russian Countrywomen in a variety of traditional costumes Date: 1902

Russia - Family from Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Russia - A young couple and the girls Mother from Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. Date: 1902

Russia - Family and their fine wooden house Date: 1902

Russian Countrywoman wearing floral headdress
Russian Countrywoman wearing a floral headdress Date: circa 1905

Russian Country Folk
Russian Country Family Date: circa 1904

Portugal - Saloios Dance. A Saloio is a non-urban (rural, country) person. Originally it was a term applied to someone who lives in the rural areas surrounding Lisbon, the capital of Portugal

WWI - King George meets some Rural Country Folk (labelled on the postcard as Peasants ) Date: circa 1916

Russian villagers dancing Date: 1904

Young Boy and Girl carrying chickens
A charming painting by Elizabeth Bem, showing a young Boy and a young Girl, each carrying a chicken. Date: 1902

Roadside Butter Market in Ireland Date: 1905

Young Russian Girl in traditional costume Date: 1909

Village scenes, Romania
Village scenes in Romania including a wonderful well with huge timber lever bucket-lifting apparatus, an inset picture of a pretty Romanina woman in traditonal country costume and village houses

Romanian women from Campulung
A group of Romanian women from Campulung (or Cimpulung) - a city in the Arges County, Wallachia, Romania Date: circa 1905

Spain - Campesinos, Tenerife
Campesinos (Peasants / Countryfolk) in Tenerife, Spain Date: circa 1910s

Dambovicioara Gorge, Romania
The Dambovicioara Gorge, near Podu Dambovitei, Wallachia, Romania, site of the Dambovicioara River - a tributary of the Dambovita River

Village Scene, Romania - a group of countryfolk gather to listen to an itinerant musician, entertaining them with his fiddle. Date: circa 1900

Romania - Jewish Romanians Date: circa 1900

Spanish Campesino (Peasant) with his Bull Terrier dog Date: circa 1906

Romanian Countryfolk and Curtea de Arges
Two Romanian countryfolk in traditional costume and the 16th century Curtea de Arges Monastery - Curtea de Arges, Arges county, Romania Date: circa 1900

Murcia, Spain - A corner of the garden of the homestead of a peasant family Date: circa 1910s

Montenegrin women eating their breakfast Date: circa 1930s

Racial / Austria / Buster-T
Countryfolk of Buster-Thal Date: circa 1880

Shooting Apple Trees
In Devonshire, on Twelfth Eve, countryfolk go into the orchards and shoot at one of the best trees, to ensure a good fruit crop : much cider is drunk on this occasion... Date: 1851

1555 / Fighting Snakes
Swedish countryfolk fighting serpents

Moroccan Countryfolk
Countryfolk of Morocco

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"Embracing Diversity: A Glimpse into the World of Countryfolk" Step aboard the Orient Express train as it ventures through a picturesque rural setting, where countryfolk from all corners of the globe come to life. In one scene, a shepherd of the Lakes gracefully guides his loyal dog while leading his majestic horse, embodying the timeless bond between man and nature. Venturing further south, we encounter an enigmatic creature from Argentina, captivating our imagination with its unique charm. Meanwhile, in a Chinese village scene bustling with activity, villagers immerse themselves in their daily routines - a testament to their strong sense of community and tradition. Traveling eastward to Myanmar, we witness the mesmerizing yein pwe dance and music performance by talented locals. The vibrant colors and rhythmic movements transport us to another world altogether. Similarly enchanting is Japan's rural landscape adorned with traditional costumes like Mino raincoats worn by proud inhabitants who honor their heritage. In Russia's countryside, three peasant women proudly navigate their horse-drawn wagon amidst vast fields - resilience etched on their faces as they embrace simplicity and hard work. On the other side of Asia lies rural China; here we find humble homes that shelter generations of peasants living harmoniously with nature. Countryfolk take respite from their laborious lives along roadsides for picnics filled with laughter and joy. These moments captured in pen & ink drawings evoke nostalgia for simpler times when connection was cherished above all else. Celebrating talent beyond borders brings us to Marie Tempest - a renowned British light soprano whose voice transcends cultural boundaries. And let us not forget about France's Comedie Francaise troupe touring across villages via special trains; they bring laughter and entertainment wherever they go. Finally, journey back in time to 1888 Ybbsthale where countryfolk gather together for festivities that unite communities through shared traditions and celebrations.