Clogs Collection (#5)

Men in traditional costume, Broek, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Men in traditional costume, Broek, Netherlands, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Boys by a canal, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Boys by a canal, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Children, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Children, Laandam, Netherlands, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Canal boat, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Canal boat, Rotterdam, 1898. A man wheels a barrow onto a boat laden with bricks. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Two boys by a canal, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Two boys by a canal, Rotterdam, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

The Singer Of Canticles, (1885). Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin
The Singer Of Canticles, (1885). Illustration from 18th Century Institutions, Usages And Costumes, France 1700-1789, by Paul Lacroix, (Paris, 1885)

Carved wood relief, 15th century, (1870). A bas-relief representing a domestic scene, from the choir stalls of the Cathedral of Rouen

King John and King Henry I, c1440, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
King John and King Henry I, c1440, (1843). John (left) wears clogs or pattens to keep his shoes clear of the mud. Illustration from Dresses

Peasants of Auvergne, France, 19th century

The Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle
The Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. An incident during the French revolution, 1789. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1891

Before the Hunt, 1883. Artist: Janez Subic
Before the Hunt, 1883

Peasant cottage interior, possibly Netherlands or northern France, 17th century. The husband, wearing wooden clogs, snoozes in the chimney corner by the fire on which cooking would be done

Laying bitumen road surface in a Paris street, c1900. In the background a man is drawing buckets of liquid bitumen from a tanker for the workmen to spread. The men are wearing wooden shoes (sabots)

Laying a Macadam road surface and compacting it with a steam road roller, Paris, c1900. Workmen are wearing wooden shoes (sabots). Liebig trade card

Renewing The Lease, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Renewing The Lease, 1870. Madame La France, in the costume of the upper class matron, reads over some papers presented to her by Emperor Napoleon

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