Season Collection (page 100)

Bonfires lit to celebrate the summer solstice in Brittany, 1893. Artist: F Meaulle
Bonfires lit to celebrate the summer solstice in Brittany, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 1st July 1893

Steam-powered ice elevator, Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. An elevator for raising blocks of ice from the river level into insulated storehouses where they would be stored for summer use

Cutting ice on the St Lawrence river, Canada, using a steam-powered saw, 1894. In the background on the right are insulated sheds used to store the ice for use in the summer

Ice gathering on the Hudson River near New York, USA, 1875. Horse-drawn cutters used to cut blocks of ice. In the background are insulated warehouses for storing ice for summer use

Storing ice in insulated sheds at Charless Ice Store, Chelsea, London, 1861. In cold weather the London poor collected ice for which they were paid between 12p and 70p per cart of 2 hundredweight

London ice carts, 1850. In cold weather the London poor collected ice for which they were paid between 12p and 70p per cart of 2 hundredweight, depending on the severity of the weather

Poetry pastorales, 1728-1729. Artist: Bernard Picart
Poetry pastorales, 1728-1729. A print from Oeuvres Diverses, La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, Volume II, 1728-1729. Found in the collection of Jean-Claude Carriere

Sun ornamental fountain design, 1664. Artist: Georg Andreas Bockler
Sun ornamental fountain design, 1664. Elaborate designs for Baroque fountains for public squares and private country house gardens in the French, German

Winter Landscape, Ljubljana, c1844-1871. Artist: Marko Pernhart
Winter Landscape, Ljubljana, c1844-1871

Untitled, c1880-1930. Artist: Alphonse Mucha
Untitled, c1880-1930

A Regatta at Asnieres During the Second Empire, c1868-1905. Artist: Antony Paul Emile Morlon
A Regatta at Asnieres During the Second Empire, c1868-1905

Clearing snow on the Champs Elysees, German-occupied Paris, winter, 1941

Premiere Love Letter, vintage French postcard, c1900

The Climbing, vintage French postcard, c1900

Tomorrow, vintage French postcard, c1900

Be Careful, vintage French postcard, c1900

The Well Guarded Cow, 1890. Artist: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan
The Well Guarded Cow, 1890. French Academic Style

Concert champetre, ( The Pastoral Concert ), c1510-1511. Artist: Titian
Concert champetre, ( The Pastoral Concert ), c1510-1511. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

The Halt During the Chase ( Rendez-vous de chasse ), 1717-1720. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Halt During the Chase ( Rendez-vous de chasse ), 1717-1720. From the Wallace Collection, London

Flower Basket and Goblet in Gilded Silver, still life, 17th Century. Artist: Jan Bruegel the Younger
Flower Basket and Goblet in Gilded Silver, still life, 17th Century

Park, 1910. Artist: Gustav Klimt
Park, 1910. From the New York City Museum of Modern Art

Bouquet of Flowers in a Wooden Vase, 1603. Artist: Jan Brueghel the Elder
Bouquet of Flowers in a Wooden Vase, 1603

Five Bathers, c1875-1877. Artist: Paul Cezanne
Five Bathers, c1875-1877. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Forest of the Villa Borghese, late 18th / early 19th century. Artist: Pierre Henri de Valenciennes
Forest of the Villa Borghese, late 18th/early 19th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Place de Vosges, Paris, day of a Concert, late 19th / early 20th century. Artist: Frank Myers Boggs
Place de Vosges, Paris, day of a Concert, late 19th/early 20th century. From the Musee d Art et d Histoire, Meudon, France

Aesop, Greek fabulist, c1900
Aesop, Greek fabulist, 1493. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC

Ice Mountain, artificial sledge run, Russia, 1836
Ice Mountain, artificial sledge run, Russia, 1833. Ice Mountains such as this were constructed during the winter for public amusement in Russian cities such as St Petersburg and Moscow

Ice Mountain, artificial sledge run, Russia, 1833. Ice Mountains such as this were constructed during the winter for public amusement in Russian cities such as St Petersburg and Moscow

Prussian troops at the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, December 1870. Prussian soldiers before Paris waiting for a sortie by the besieged French

Arctic Fox attacking trapped Sable, 1874
Arctic Fox attacking trapped Sable while, in the background, the trapper rushes to scare off the foxes in the hope of saving a valuable pelt, 1874. Chromoxylograph from G

Sheep near Knossos with Olive tree in April at dusk, Crete, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sheep near Knossos with Olive tree in April at dusk, Crete, c20th century

Settlement in Russian Lapland, 1594
Settlement in Russian Lapland in 1594, showing meat and fish being preserved. After Jan Huyghen van Linschoten Voyagie van by Noorden om langes Noorwegen de Noortcaep, Laplant. 1601. Engraving

Lapps setting out on a migration with reindeer, Lapland, 1840
Lapps setting out on a migration with reindeer and carrying packs, Lapland, 1840. Nomasic herdsmen of Arcitic regions whose reindeer provided food, clothing, tools and transport. Wood engraving

Herd of Reindeer, Lapland, 1882. Lapp encampment with reindeer corral, Nomadic herdsmen of Arctic regions whose reindeer provided food, clothing, tools and transport. Wood engraving, 1882

Detail of a Roman mosaic showing fruit-gathering, 2nd century
Detail of a Roman mosaic showing fruit-gathering in autumn, from La Chebba, Tunisia. The full mosaic shows the four seasons and Neptune, 2nd century

The upper Tiber valley above Sansepolcro, in the central Appenines in April

Cossacks terrorising a Korean village, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. A marauding band of mounted Russian Cossack troops charging down a snowy street, terrorising the inhabitants and their livestock

Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat after the Battle of Moudken, March, 1904 Russo-Japanese War, 1904. From Le Petit Journal Paris

Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train on Trans-Siberian Railway carrying wounded to Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 15 May 1904

Descending the Mont Cenis pass in winter by horse-drawn sledge, 19th century

Mormons on the trek from Illinois to Utah, 1846 (1853). The Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Flowers in a porcelain vase, c1600. Artist: Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
Flowers in a porcelain vase, c1600. Tulips, Roses, Carnations, French Marigolds, Lily-of-the-Valley, Aquelegia, Forget-me-not and other flowers, in a porcelain vase

Winter quarters of Willem Barents expedition to the Arctic, 1596-1597. Barents (d 1597) was a Dutch navigator who led expeditions in 1594, 1595 and 1596-1597 in search of a Northeast Passage to Asia

Cutting the Mistletoe Bough for Christmas decoration, 1886

Old Father Time Carried by Time, 1881
Old Father Time carried by Time, 1881. Earth travels through space, continually turning on its axis

Old Father Time sharpening his scythe, 1891
Old Father Time sharpening his scythe. Headpiece from The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1891

Old Father Time with his scythe, carrying in the New Year, 1870

Bringing home the Yule Log, 1883. Father Christmas driving a team of cart horses pulling a timber wagon. Headpiece by Heywood Sumner in The English Illustrated Magazine, London, 1883

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