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  • A young woman is being pushed on a rope swing strung between two trees, a companion sits on the ground beneath. Etching, 17--.
  • Two young women gathering reeds by the edge of some water, watching, and being watched by, two deer. Engraving by F. Bracquemond after Gustave Jundt.
  • A country fair: itinerant entertainers act on a stage, women and children look at a peep show, others dance to music provided by a man playing a hurdy-gurdy and boy playing a small trumpet. Engraving by C.N. Cochin the younger, 1740, after F. Boucher.
  • A country barber shaving a farmer; another farmer looks into a mirror while he stanches the cut on his face; right, a second barber dresses a man's hair. Coloured engraving.
  • Members of an English country club gathered together in a room, some are talking, others drinking, and food is being brought in on trays. Stipple engraving after H.W. Bunbury.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.
  • A country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by J. van der Vliet.
  • A travelling drug seller. Etching by D. Deuchar after J. van der Vliet.
  • A country pedlar and his wife walking the countryside and selling liqueurs. Etching by P.E. Moitte after D. Teniers II.
  • A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
  • A rural man talking to his physician in the street. Drawing by S. Wood.
  • A man who has shot a barn owl moves towards it as another man runs away. Etching.
  • A woman washing clothes; in the background children are playing in a disused kiln. Aquatint by J.B. Le Prince, 1770.
  • A shepherd and his dog, driving a flock of sheep along a country lane. Etching by Herbert Dicksee, 1901.
  • A town gentleman visiting a village dentist and enquiring if he uses gas, the dentist retorts he does but prefers daylight. Process print after G. Du Maurier, 1895.
  • The aqueduct of Bucq, near Versailles. Engraving by M.A. Duparc, 1789, after L.N. de Lespinasse.
  • A herder resting with his flock of goats near a river. Etching and aquatint by J. B. Leprince, 1769.
  • A country scene with many activities depicted: these include, from left to right, picking cherries, bathing, hay-making, hunting, and eating and drinking. Engraving by M. Merian after S. Vrancx.
  • A woman driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with hay has stopped on the road to speak to a man with dogs. Watercolour.
  • A girl feeding birds at her feet. Colour process print after M. Birket Foster.
  • A man is thatching the roof of a cottage as a boy brings a bowl of water for the horses to drink. Lithograph after George Morland.
  • An angel in a large pot holding an hour-glass surrounded by beautiful countryside - advertising a calming potion. Aquatint.
  • An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.
  • An apothecary riding a horse that is out of control and knocking over everything in its way. Etching by W.E.G.
  • A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.
  • A group of female travellers washing and taking care of a new born baby while the mother recovers in a tent. Coloured aquatint by C. Rugendas after G. Rugendas I, 1702.
  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child. Pencil drawing.
  • A woman carrying a baby and holding the hand of her small child in a bleak rural setting. Engraving.
  • A woman sitting outside with a friend breast-feeding her child, a goat accompanies them. Etching by D. Deuchar.